Don, Thanks! I found a digi on Amazon for $ 216. There was a reconditioned unit by Saitek, but I believe that is Chinese and I am no so certain it isn't a knock off. I will check out eBay.
73, Bill K9YEQ -----Original Message----- From: Don Wilhelm [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 4:41 PM To: Bill K9YEQ Subject: Re: [Elecraft] serial to USB Bill, I bought mine some time ago (when they were cheap) on Ebay - I have the Edgeport/4 (4 port) by Inside Out - that company was sold to Digi International, and the Digi drivers work with the Edgeport - see if you can find one being sold on Ebay for a decent price. The drivers for the /2, /4, /8 and /16 are the same. 73, Don W3FPR On 2/11/2012 5:34 PM, Bill K9YEQ wrote: > Don, > > Which brand are you using? I am looking for a four port. > > 73, > Bill > K9YEQ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm > Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 4:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] serial to USB > > All, > > I feel I should add to the discussion the fact that these consumer quality > USB to Serial adapters typically do not like to work at lower baud rates - > the K2 uses 4800 baud. So an adapter that works at the K3 rate of 19.2k may > have trouble when attempting to drive a K2. > > The commercial quality USB to Serial converters (note that they are called > converters instead of adapters) may not suffer from the same problems, my > Edgeport/4 converter works well with the K2 even with the high polling rates > of Ham Radio Deluxe. Of course these commercial quality converters are more > expensive than the $10 to $40 consumer quality adapters. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 2/11/2012 4:14 PM, Bob Cunnings wrote: >>> what IS the difference between FTDI and Prolific. >> They are two different manufacturers of USB to Serial hardware ICs > (chips). >> http://www.ftdichip.com/ >> >> http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/company.asp >> >> Besides the hardware, each manufacturer supplies royalty free software >> (device drivers) as part of the solution for PC operating systems such >> as Mac, Windows and Linux. >> >> At work I have long used FTDI chips in products we design. A >> customized version of the signed driver package supplied by FTDI for >> 32 and 64 bit Windows is incorporated into our own software >> distribution. Prolific is generally ok but lately they have been >> warning about counterfeit parts and USB to Serial Cables: >> >> http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/downloads.asp?id=31 >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
