Don, I may try it but I was hoping someone had done some work to thin the field a bit. There are a number of different RS232/Bluetooth devices with a very wide price range from my brief googling. Wide is $25 to $150. Actually, only one I found at $150 and most seem to be in the $45 to $75 range.
I am also preferring Mac versions and most of what I find seem to offer on Windows (not surprising) but a few on Linux and Mac but again I am wondering if anyone else has experience. 73, phil, K7PEH On Apr 12, 2013, at 3:30 PM, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: > Phil, > > Why do you not try it and report the results? If the bluetooth connection is > good and the bluetooth to RS-232 adapter is of good quality, it should work > just fine. > I have not tried it, but in theory it should work. The only caution that I > can state is that the quality of some consumer devices is wanting for > something more robust. Find one that is sufficiently robust and it should > work. > > Unfortunately, many PC type devices do not conform to true RS-232 levels and > speeds, and will work with some devices over short distances, but fail on > other devices that expect the minimum RS-232 switching voltages. Others do > not work at slow speeds - note the reports of USB to RS-232 adapter failures > on this reflector - some work, and others do not, particularly with the > slower data rate used by the K2. Adapters designed for industrial > applications will likely work, but some of those offered for the consumer > market may present problems. My Edgeport-4 will handle anything I have > connected to it so far, but a garden variety Prolific adapter is very picky > and fails at slow data rates. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 4/12/2013 6:09 PM, Phil Hystad wrote: >> Has anyone used a Bluetooth to RS232 Serial adapter, such as the dongle >> style that could plug into a 9-pin connector (but, it does not have to be >> dongle style). >> >> This would be instead of using a Serial to USB adapter. I think, though I >> am not positive, that such devices come with driver to define additional >> serial COM ports. I was wondering if such a configuration would work with >> the Elecraft utility programs. >> >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
