Really?? Where? I've looked and looked and could only find one by a company in France (Kirrio). You know where I can get a usb-slave-to-rs232 converter for $40? Every usb to serial converter I've seen works with a host device like a computer, not a (slave) pda.
I'm in the same boat as Mike here. My product works with rs232. I turn customers away because many have a Zire series Palm's (usb only). Would appreciate any information on this... -Mark --- Paul Maine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know what you consider affordable. A number > of alternatives are available and the price is $40 > or less. I use USB/serial converters for a similar > situation. > > Paul > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Mike > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:33 AM > To: Palm Developer Forum > Subject: USB has replaced serial > > > Well it looks like it's official, Palm's complete > lineup of currently shipping Palms all have USB > only. This is very bad news for people like me. I > have customers calling up saying they can't find a > compatible Palm because my product needs a serial > port. Looks like Palm will put me out of business > unless I can find a solution. > > I have toyed around with BT some. Not a good option > as it's pretty slow compared to the wired > connection. (the one byte req, one byte resp has a > lot of overhead, I'm guessing, when over BT) Cost > is another issue since my products use non-standard > baud rates, I cannot use an 'off the shelf' BT to > serial converter. > > Has anyone come up with an affordable USB periferal > to RS232 adapter? I briefly looked into this a while > ago and the chipsets were very expensive. > > Thanks, > Mike -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
