[FADCA] Low Cost USB Serial ports

[Chuck Hast]

On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 18:45:47 -0500, W4RP <w4rp at spydercat.com> wrote:
> Note the note on it though:
> 
> NOTE: This cable is not recognized as a standard COM
> port which can be used...
> ...by a terminal program. It can only be used for a
> modem or a Human...
> ...Interface Device (HID)

Yes, I saw that, but having purchased the same unit at almost $30 back in July
while down in Ft. Lauderdale, and having used it as a serial port, I am not sure
what they are getting at. The unit I had came up as port 3 on my X-Pee machine,
and I think it came up as ttyUSB00 while under Linux.

A co-worker is using it and has had no problems with it so I am not sure what
they are getting at. I used it to connect a GPS to my laptop in order to get the
GPS data into a RF coverage tool I use in my coverage study work.

At $6 each I am still going to order one and give it a try  again and try to see
what they are getting at.


-- 
Chuck Hast 
To paraphrase my flight instructor;
"the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
and twisted metal."