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04-03-2013, 02:06 PM | Topic Starter |
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I hate dongles
We have a rotary engraving machine at my work. Expensive as hell. Well it has one of those USB security dongles. It has 4 little prongs inside of it. One of our dimwit employees somehow broke one of those prongs off and now we can't engrave this plate that a customer needs tonight. I called the company that made/sold the machine, and they told me that dongle will cost 1,000 dollars. REALLY!?! ****. That. It's our machine. We bought it. We shouldn't have to shell out a thousand dollars for a piece of dog shit, cheaply made dongle just to use it.
So my question is, is there any way to bypass that security thing? I've looked online and cannot find anything. The machine is called Vision Engraving & Routing 1624. |
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04-03-2013, 02:11 PM | #2 |
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you hate him because he's like british or something? I've never had a problem with him
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04-03-2013, 02:12 PM | #3 |
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if you can get used to his constant questions and love for big oil, he aint that bad of a guy.
sec dammit!!! **** you tooge!!!
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04-03-2013, 02:15 PM | #4 | |
I like 'em mustard & biscuits
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04-03-2013, 02:20 PM | #5 |
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I knew this was coming right after I hit submit lol. Sorry Dongle!
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04-03-2013, 02:21 PM | #6 |
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Step 1. Fire employee
Step 2. Hire an employee that's not a complete dipshit. |
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04-03-2013, 02:21 PM | #7 |
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Speaking of which, can anyone recommend a reliable USB to DB-9/RS-232 dongle? I got a POS one from Radio Shack and it doesn't work.
Thanks.
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04-03-2013, 02:24 PM | #8 |
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Dongleberries
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04-03-2013, 02:26 PM | #9 | |
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04-03-2013, 02:27 PM | #10 | |
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04-03-2013, 02:31 PM | #11 |
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Sure thing. Not the sexiest or smallest, but I've never had a problem on WinXP/7, Slack/Mint, or OSX. Used mostly for GPS unit while war driving, and has never melted being left in the car on a summer day in Vegas. Pretty damn strong.
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04-03-2013, 02:25 PM | #12 |
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Wow. Sounds like extortion.
You should be able to solder the pin back in. If it's on a desktop, I'd consider just soldering the dongle to the board inside the chasis.
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04-03-2013, 02:37 PM | #13 | |
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04-03-2013, 02:25 PM | #14 |
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Heh. You said dongle. Heh.
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04-03-2013, 02:39 PM | #15 |
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Yeah I rigged somethin up. It works for now, but god knows for how long. So...case closed. Thread is pointless now I guess. Unless you wanna keep makin fun of Donger.
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