USB to serial converter with a 6ft cable can be ordered directly from the OEM of the chip for a reasonable price. See http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/Cables/USBRS232.htm#UC232R-10. Just a DB25 connector w/housing has to be fitted to it.
Georg Am 02.12.2015 21:28 schrieb "Kurt McCullum" <kurt.mccul...@att.net>: > Thanks for the confirmation Don, > > There was suggestion to use two low profile gender changers, one male/male > and one female/female to make it work on with he M100. > > The $45 price tag is a bit steep. I'm not sure when it went up but that > was the closest thing I found to the perfect off the shelf USB cable. > > Kurt > > On 12/2/2015 10:17 AM, Donald Kyllo wrote: > >> Hi Kurt, >> I have one of these cables and yes, the housing is too thick for the >> M100. It works fine for the 102 and 200. >> >> Don >> >> On 12/02/2015 09:50 AM, Kurt McCullum wrote: >> >>> I can't check all the details right now but I believe this is the USB to >>> db25 male null modem cable I posted about a few months back. Though the >>> price at that time was $25 not $45. >>> >>> >>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/FTDI-USB-DB-25-Male-Serial-RS-232-Null-Modem-with-Full-Modem-Handshake-Cable-/161782416490?hash=item25aafbc46a:g:U84AAOSwyQtV2kfV >>> >>> Also, I think the housing is too thick for the M100 but there was >>> somebody on the list that tested it with both the 102 and 200 and it worked >>> fine. >>> >>> Kurt >>> >>> On 12/2/2015 9:00 AM, John R. Hogerhuis wrote: >>> >>>> If you were building one I would recommend an all in one cable that >>>> hooks straight from a USB port to any model t particularly the model 100 >>>> with no adapters necessary. >>>> >>>> Also it should be full null rather than defeating flow control as the >>>> old complink cable did in order to support programs like HTERM which rely >>>> on flow control. >>>> >>>> And ftdi is the only way to go on Windows. >>>> >>>> Maybe a very small pcb that can be built into a thin hood shell with a >>>> surface mounted ftdi chip and max232? >>>> >>>> All that said you could accomplish mostly the same thing by simply >>>> aggregating the proper OTS parts and software and offering it for sale as a >>>> package with documentation. That way it takes out all the research and >>>> guesswork and that's the real trouble. >>>> >>>> -- John. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >
