[WriteLog] USB / Serial converters

Wed Nov 3 13:49:20 EST 2004

Am trying to interface CW, RTTY, PTT and Radio Control using Writelog 
(version 10.36G) in a SO2R configuration. My computer is a Dell 4500 running XP 
with only two USB ports. Right now I am just trying to get one USB working with 
a CW, PTT and RTTY interface. Then will expand to other features. I built 
the AA5AU serial interface and am trying to get it working with one USB / 
Serial port converter (BELKIN F5U109). I want to use FSK rather than ASFK for 
many reasons with PTT and CW with the PTT feature. 
1) How do I configure the Setup in Writelog for using USB / serial 
converter? 
2) In the future can I use a USB 1 to 4 expander to create additional 
USB accessible ports with the appropriate USB to serial converters? 
3) Will the expander control two radios (frequency / band) and two USB 
/ serial port converts to operate two CW, RTTY and PTT interface? 
4) Is this overall plan feasible or over ambitious? 
Dallas K1DW at aol.com