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T6.5 Dongle : using a USB/Parallel adapter?
Autor de la hebra: Mathilde DOMENGET
Mathilde DOMENGET
Mathilde DOMENGET  Identity Verified
Francia
Local time: 10:41
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Aug 23, 2006

Hi
I'm using Trados 6.5 with a Parallel dongle. I will now switch to a brand new laptop, with no parallel port and wonder if using a USB/Parallel adapter would be feasible.
SDL say some customers tried it but it didn't work properly - only option being updating to SDL/Trados 2006.
Has anyone had the problem?
Many thanks
 
Kevin Fulton
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Estados Unidos
Local time: 04:41
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USB dongle works on my laptop Aug 23, 2006

I have Trados 6.5.x.441 on a 4-year old Dell laptop and it works fine. It even works on an external USB hub plugged into the laptop.
 
Mathilde DOMENGET
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Francia
Local time: 10:41
inglés al francés
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Workaround Sep 12, 2006

I found a workaround (thanks to Skatrine, which had a similar issue with SDLX).
A Parallel/USB printer adapter won't work but using a PCMCIA or CardBus card will do the trick.
Such a card will create a SPP/ECP/EPP parallel port on the laptop.
The dongle was not recognised right away though, I had to update the dongle driver from S... See more
I found a workaround (thanks to Skatrine, which had a similar issue with SDLX).
A Parallel/USB printer adapter won't work but using a PCMCIA or CardBus card will do the trick.
Such a card will create a SPP/ECP/EPP parallel port on the laptop.
The dongle was not recognised right away though, I had to update the dongle driver from SafeNet (http://www.safenet-inc.com/support/tech/sentinel.asp). The dongle type is Sentinel Superpro.
Before installing this download, make sure to uninstall the existing driver. To do so, browse to C:\Program Files\Rainbow Technologies\Sentinel System Driver and double-click on SetupSysDriver.exe. Then select Add/Repair/Remove Installation and remove the driver.
Once the latest driver is installed, the dongle should be recognised.


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