Below is news from from Prologix. Abdul, if you haven't met Ulrich Bangert yet, please exchange email; he's done excellent work with your controller. Also, you're welcome to join the time-nuts list. For details, please see:
http://www.leapsecond.com/time-nuts.htm and/or https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts Again, thanks for the word on the new GPIB-USB controller. /tvb http://www.LeapSecond.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Abdul Nizar > To: 'Tom Van Baak' > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 15:48 > Subject: RE: Thanks!, GPIB-USB > > Tom, > > I saw some comments on the time-nuts newsgroup about the > Prologix GPIB-USB controller and would like to address them. > Not being a member of the newsgroup, I don't think I can post > myself. Could you do me a favor and post the following response > for me? > > > Greetings, > > I am the developer of the Prologix GPIB-USB board. Recently, I came > across some posts in this newsgroup about the difficulty of configuring > the virtual serial port to communicate with the controller - especially > getting RTS/CTS flow control working just right on Linux. As someone > who believes in developing devices that "Just Work", I take such > feedback seriously. Thank you. > > The good news is the new version of the GPIB-USB controller (firmware > version 4.2 and above) eliminates the problem completely. Thanks to > a better USB chip, none of the serial port parameters matter anymore; > they do not have to be configured and can be left alone. > > The not-so-good news is you need the new hardware. > > Regards, > Abdul and > Hello, > > I recently saw your comments in Nuts & Volts magazine about > Prologix GPIB-USB controller. Much appreciated. Thanks! > > FYI, we recently released an updated version with metal enclosure > and some other improvements. > > * Metal enclosure for durability and reduced EMI > * Screws to mount unit on instrument > * Higher performance by using faster USB controller > * Simplified configuration in software; no DIP switches > > http://www.prologix.biz > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
