[Elecraft] COM port problems

Randy Farmer w8fn at windstream.net
Wed Jul 6 22:22:46 EDT 2022


I've used a few of the Gearmo USB to RS-232 adapters, and they also seem 
to hold their COM port assignments constant (on any one given machine, 
of course). They just use the standard FTDI chipset with no special 
drivers. Not sure how they do it, but it works.

73...
Randy, W8FN

On 7/6/2022 11:46 AM, Gerry Hull wrote:
> As explained in that blog article, there is a way to solve this problem.
>   Digi, a company who has been in the business for many decades, has a
> series of USB-to-Serial adapters
> called Edgeport, from 1 to 16 ports.   The great thing about Edgeport
> devices is they have a driver and utility.  If you use that, the COM port
> number is associated with
> the BOX, not where it is plugged in


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