Steve, Get yourself an adapter. Caution, some adapters do not like to work well at the slow 4800 bps rate that the K2 uses. If you have a desktop, I would recommend you use a serial card rather than an adapter, but if you have a laptop, you may have no choice. Those with an FTDI chipset are usually OK, and I know the Edgeport adapters are good.
You MUST use the special serial cable to prevent damage to your K2. The cable does not have to be built full length, so if you want, you can make it short - but it does have to be in place - the connector is marked AUX IO - respect that, if it were a full RS-232 port connector, it would have been marked RS-232. 73, Don W3FPR On 5/23/2012 8:01 AM, Stephen Roberts wrote: > I'm going to be installing a KIO2 interface into my K2 shortly, but have a > basic question. Is there a way to make the cable USB? I mean...who uses RS232 > or Serial interfaces anymore? I'm assuming I will need an adapter of some > sort. Recommendations? > > 73 > Steve > > > ----------------------------------------------- > Steve Roberts > W1SFR > Elecraft K2 > Sudbury, VT > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
