See many earlier posts about the relative merits of RS-232 and USB
interfaces. They have been discussed many times before. If your
desktop does not have a serial input, fit one. If you use a laptop or
notebook computer, get a USB to RS-232 cable.
73 de David G4DMP
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From: David Pratt da...@g4dmp.fsnet.co.uk
To: Pete Smith N4ZR n...@contesting.com
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Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 8:15:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] XG-3 - why RS-232
See many earlier posts about the relative merits of RS
Probably because that would put Elecraft squarely between you and the
guy at Prolific or FTDI who writes the drivers. Who would get your
complaint when the XG3 loses connectivity with the next service pack
release of your favorite operating system?
On 05/12/2012 07:04 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR
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Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 8:15:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] XG-3 - why RS-232
See many earlier posts about
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Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 9:09:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] XG-3 - why RS-232
Probably because that would put Elecraft squarely between you and the
guy at Prolific or FTDI who writes the drivers. Who would get your
complaint when the XG3 loses connectivity
On 5/12/2012 9:17 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
I would have thought that a USB port would have advantages so far as
space and weight, maybe even power consumption, in a battery powered
miniature device.
Not so ... many microprocessor controllers contain one or two built-in
serial ports. It is
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Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 10:42:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] XG-3 - why RS-232
On 5/12/2012 9:17 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
I would have thought that a USB port would have advantages so far as
space and weight, maybe even power consumption, in a battery powered
miniature device
Let's end the pro/con RS-232 versus USB thread now before it takes on a life of
its own ;-) As noted by others, there are many prior threads that you can
search on for this discussion.
The short answer for the XG3 is that it only uses a simple command set that
does not require any USB specific
The RS232 circuitry we use on the KX3, XG3, K144XV, W1, and W2 has
three main benefits: (1) Current drain is near zero. (2) There's
absolutely no RFI. And (3) you can use any of these devices with
either a USB or RS232 port at the computer end by ordering the
associated Elecraft adapter.
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