Rob, You have received a lot of information but since no one else has brought it up...
RS-232 originally defined both levels and various signal pins. Most USB to RS-232 converters do not have all of the other signals. They will have Tx and Rx, but if your gizmo needs the other signals for flow control, such as RTS/CTS, DTR etc, you may not get by with a USB-to-serial converter. Jon KF5TFJ Sent from my iPad > On Aug 21, 2015, at 9:12 AM, McClure, Rob K via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello all, > > I think I may have the dumb question of the day. > > Does anyone (or in the case of the BVARC brain trust) or everyone know if the > RS232 to USB convertors are bidirectional? > > We have an issue at work where there is some sort of box/gadget/gizmo > attached to one of our older servers via an RS232 (DB9?) cable. Needless to > say, the server with this RS232 port is beyond end of life. Can I use a RS232 > to USB setup to connect this gizmo to a new server using a USB port. > > On the slight chance that the site coordinator is wrong, and the RS232 is on > the box/gadget/gizmo, that’s why I asked if these RS232 to USB convertors are > bidirectional. > > Last, does anyone know a source in town for the RS232 to USB with the FTDI > chipset here in town? > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards, > > Rob McClure > IT Analyst > Cameron > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may > contain confidential and privileged information of Cameron and its Operating > Divisions. Any unauthorized use or disclosure is prohibited. If you are not > the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and delete > and destroy all copies of the original message inclusive of any attachments. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
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