[mythtvnz] Serial IR blaster on USB to serial cable

[Ross and Jemima Knudsen]

Hi guys,

I found a cheap serial IR blaster online the other day and bought it.  
After it arrived I realised that I don't have a serial port on my 
computer!  Just a parallel one - why you'd want a parallel over a serial 
I don't know.  So I borrowed a USB to serial cable from a friend and it 
is recognised by the system.  Problem is that when you install lirc and 
you activate the blaster option it asks you for the serial port you are 
using and the USB version is not an option.  Anyone know whether I can 
actually make it work using this cable and what config file I might need 
to modify to get the correct port working?

Cheers

Rossco