On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 07:18:41PM +0000, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flavor, containing: > Hi All, > > So, I have my shiny new laptop, sadly lacking an rs-232 port. > > My choices are: > > Usb to rs-232 (known to be flakier than Grandma's pie crust)
I have had good luck with this option, as I have a laptop with 5 USB ports and no serial port. I have tried three different USB->Serial adapters and they all worked Just Fine. Two were Belkins and the third was one I bought from the Purple Open Project (http://pfranc.com/) I've had NO negative experiences with any of them --- one of my Belkin's is an old F5U103 (no longer made) and the other is one marketed as a "PDA adapter" at local office supply stores. The Purple Open Project one is the one I use most -- for no particular reason. > Bluetooth rs-232 adapter (unknown if one would work with a kpc-3+) I have had luck with this one, too --- but your milage may vary. I found it an expensive option, and a little flakey. I used the "CTR BlueLync" adapter kit and BlueRadios "BlueSMiRF" module to do the deed (the module plugs in to the adapter). I bought them from http://ctr-remote.home.att.net/CTR-BlueLync.htm and http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/categories.php, respectively. I say it's flakey because despite testing it numerous times when its reliability didn't matter, on ONE occasion when I actually needed it to work, the bluetooth dongle on my computer lost connection to the bluetooth adapter in the CTR-BlueLync after ten minutes even though it was separated by only a few feet in my truck --- possibly due to RFI? --- and wouldn't reestablish contact without a reboot. I have not tried to use it since, as the USB/Serial options work Just Fine for me, every time. SparkFun also sells an assembled bluetooth serial modem (for a hefty price) that should work as well as (and cost about as much as) the combination of the BlueLync and BlueSMiRF modules. I've no experience with the serial port add-on cards or TNC-X USB option (although the USB/Serial adapter chipset that's used in TNC-X's USB module is one that is supported in recent vintages of Linux kernels (recent meaning in the last couple of years), so it should work --- it would appear to Linux like a USB->Serial adapter). -- Tom Russo KM5VY SAR502 DM64ux http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 AHTB#1 http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM "And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit!" --- The Tick _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
