One advantage of an RS-232 port is it has deterministic latency. Unlike USB, you always have a direct connection between the serial driver software and the hardware being controlled.
Al N1AL On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 13:48, AD6XY wrote: > It is an irritating feature of MS Windows. I think you can fix the RS232 port > with a utility, or for example by limiting the maximum com ports to 1. > > I wonder how long receivers are going to use RS232 ports. I know they are > easier to deal with but most new PCs will not have them. I just got an > EEE901. It has 3 USB but no com ports and is ideal for business trips or > portable operations. I am surprised the K3 uses RS232 as Wane/Eric are more > than capable of designing a USB based interface, which could theoretically > do so much more, including passing the audio or even the I/Q. No need for > those TTL/RS232 level converters either. Perhaps it was done for > compatibility with older software. I am fairly sure future radios will be > USB or Ethernet. > > Remote operations would be nice but HRD will not fit! > > Mike > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
