[Flexradio] couple of potential owner questions

2007-02-02 Thread FireBrick
Forgive me for 'thinking' in a black box mode. I own a FT1000mp, so I need to differentiate from the black box type rig. My Dell 3.2 mHz machine has one com port (presently used to control my antenna rotor). No printer port (I have a USB printer). Questions: 1: I would need the USB to Parallel

Re: [Flexradio] couple of potential owner questions

2007-02-02 Thread Jerry Flanders
At 07:34 PM 2/2/2007, FireBrick wrote: ... My Dell 3.2 mHz machine has one com port (presently used to control my antenna rotor). ... Questions: 1: I would need the USB to Parallel Adapter Y/N Consider adding a card to give you serial/paralel ports. Maybe Rosewill 303 like

Re: [Flexradio] couple of potential owner questions

2007-02-02 Thread petervn
-2007 1:34 Aan: FlexRadio List Onderwerp: [Flexradio] couple of potential owner questions Forgive me for 'thinking' in a black box mode. I own a FT1000mp, so I need to differentiate from the black box type rig. My Dell 3.2 mHz machine has one com port (presently used to control my antenna rotor

Re: [Flexradio] couple of potential owner questions

2007-02-02 Thread Maarten
My Dell 3.2 mHz machine has one com port (presently used to control my antenna rotor). No printer port (I have a USB printer). Questions: 1: I would need the USB to Parallel Adapter Y/N Page 7 of manual says this adapter is specially designed to control the radio via the computer.

Re: [Flexradio] couple of potential owner questions

2007-02-02 Thread Larry Loen
Jerry Flanders wrote: At 07:34 PM 2/2/2007, FireBrick wrote: ... My Dell 3.2 mHz machine has one com port (presently used to control my antenna rotor). ... Questions: 1: I would need the USB to Parallel Adapter Y/N Consider adding a card to give you serial/paralel ports. Maybe

Re: [Flexradio] couple of potential owner questions

2007-02-02 Thread Lee A Crocker
You need some kind of parallel port either added as a card or use the Flex usb-parallel adapter. I have both and the Flex adapter works flawlessly. I don't bother with the serial CW connection, I use an external keyer and use the key jack on the back of the radio. It works fine. I tried the