[FADCA] Low Cost USB Serial ports

[kb1fua_1]

What is a "HUMAN INTERFACE DEVICE", ANYWAYS?
Also, a lot of our guys use in commercial side of radio, use those
things with HYPERTERMINAL to talk to certain controllers...seems to work
with those as well...just a note, nothing important...
73's 

W. Dean Stoner
KB1FUA


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[mailto:fadca-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Chuck Hast
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 12:49 AM
To: W4RP
Cc: Florida Amateur Digital Communication Association
Subject: Re: [FADCA] Low Cost USB Serial ports

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."
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