On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:52:15AM -0500, "John Becker, WJAB" wrote: > Anyone know of a source?
It would help to hear more about the application, John. I suspect you want a USB-Serial converter, rather than just a patch cable. There are dozens of the out there, some working better than others. The best I've found so far has been the no-longer-sold Radio Shack converter, but I've had others that were tolerable. All require drivers to be installed; Microsoft knows about some and installs them automagically, others require the CD or other softcopy files. I use two Radio Shack USB-Serial converters in my shack. One connects the shack PC to my RigBlaster Pro; the other connects the shack PC to the Yaesu FT-897D. The Radio Shack drivers aren't officially supported on Windows XP, but only through Windows 2000. I had to resort to some trickery to get them to install. Very 73, de -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO [email protected] Tired old sysadmin
