On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Mark Wickens <[email protected]> wrote: > Just a quick update - and a thank you for all the suggestions. > In the end I moved to my IBM X60 laptop which, with an ultrabase connected, > has a real serial port. I was then able to transfer data at 19200 via > minicom using the same cable without issue. So the problem appears to lie > with the USB -> Serial Converted. I'm sure this is probably old news for > some. I do have other USB -> Serial converters, so may see if any of the > others work better under Linux. >
I've had good results under Linux with FTDI and Prolific chipset based adapters. Under Windows I can only recommend the FTDI based adapters because the Windows Prolific driver is a disaster. Now, I've had serial inputs and outputs go bad on USB->Serial devices just like I've seen happen on standard serial ports. So I'd say don't blame the "USB" part of it. Serial ports go bad. -- John.
