On a unrelated topic, my stepfather retired from Cameron. On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 1:24 PM, McClure, Rob K via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:
> Hello Jon, > > > > Right now they are in wait mode. But I will pass this along. The biggest > restriction is that since this is NOT an emergency, we have to order > whatever we need from CDW, and that’s usually over priced. I’ll get called > in on this again if the one they buy does not work. > > > > I had no idea these things didn’t all work the same. > > > > Regards, > > > > Rob McClure > > IT Analyst > > Cameron > > > > *From:* BVARC [mailto:bvarc-boun...@bvarc.org] *On Behalf Of *Jon Noxon > via BVARC > *Sent:* Friday, August 21, 2015 12:53 PM > *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > *Cc:* Jon Noxon > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Dumb question of the day > > > > 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 <bvarc@bvarc.org> > 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 > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > >
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