Stan Nice find. The 4 porter is the way to go for that price. I've used those, moxa's and lantronix devices for as well. Nothing Prolific anymore.
For my remote base, I have a $100 used 4 port Lantronix serial over ip device that has been rock solid for 3 years now. Even though it is in the same building, the ability to not have serial issues on a remote base is so key. As you found out, you can search on Amazon (both US and Canada) for FTDI and find a number of great devices. StarTech is another good vender. Mike va3mw On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 7:38 AM, Slava Baytalskiy <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi all! > After seeing all the potential issues with various USB-to-SERIAL > converters i decided to go a different route: > picked up this Gearmo 4-port dongle on Amazon for $48. > It uses an FTDI chipset and a single USB port gives me 4 DB9 RS232 ports. > It also seems to keep the COM port numbering constant. > Oh, and i'm using it on my MacBook Pro, running Windows 7 (32bit) in > Parallels. > Works famously so far (been a few months now). > Hooked it up via the LP-Bridge program, and now i can turn the radio off > (K3) without HRD crashing. > I'm only using 2 COM ports right now: one for the LP-Bridge/K3 and another > for this ERC rotor ad--on card that i just assembled last weekend. > Brought my ancient CDE HAM IV control box into the 21st century. > > Anyways, this Gearmo dongle seems like a really good alternative for Macs > and PCs that don't have native RS232 ports. > Here's a link to where i got mine from: > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004ETDC8K/ref=oh_details_o04_s01_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 > Seems like the price had changed, too. Its now $44.59 with Amazon Prime. > Nice! > __________________ > Slava (Sal) B, W2RMS > [email protected] > > On May 27, 2014, at 7:17 PM, GDanner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My ancient Prolific USB to serial converters have been ported from XP to > Windows 7 and recently to Windows 8.1. > > They work flawlessly - both versions of Windows installed the proper > drivers with no direct intervention from me. > > > > You might uninstall the USB converter, unplug it, reboot and then plug > in the converter and see if Windows installs it correctly. > > I have had success with this "repair" for problem devices in the past; > including a back-up drive with Windows 7. > > 73 > > George > > AI4VZ > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Walter Underwood > > Elecraft switched to FTDI chips in mid-2010, so the Prolific driver > isn't used for more recent cables. This page has drivers for both chips. > > http://www.elecraft.com/K3/k3_software.htm#drvrs > > wunder > > K6WRU > > > > On May 27, 2014, at 9:11 AM, "Dennis McAlpine" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I have been using the KUSB USB/serial converter between my K3 and PC for > >> both DXLab and n1mm. Lately, I have been having trouble with erratic > >> frequency readings, mainly on n1mm but sometimes on DXLab. On n1mm, > this > >> seems to happen mainly when I change bands or after the radio has been > in > >> standby without transmitting for a while. I also have to run the USB at > >> 19200 rather than 38400. I updated the Prolific driver with no effect. > >> Anyone got a solution to this problem? Barring that, what are people > using > >> for a USB/serial converter now days since I have used the old KUSB for > many > >> years now? Thanks. > >> > 73, > >> > Dennis, K2SX > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > Message delivered to [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
