[WriteLog] USB Adapters

Sat Jun 5 02:31:16 EDT 2004

On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 22:09:09 -0700, GARY ELLIOT wrote:
>just about any USB to serial adapter would work for rig control.

I think that's a VERY bad assumption. USB to serial adapters have "issues" because 
they are not real serial ports. One of them is that they can easily delay the commands 
by several seconds! 
A Belkin USB to serial adapter, with the latest drivers downloaded from their site, 
crashed XP every time I tried to use it. 
To be sure the port will work, use a PCMCIA adapter. I have a Quatech DSP-100 (2 
ports) that works on both rigs that I've tested it with (K2 and TS-850), including sending 
CW. 
Jim Brown K9YC