[Ham-Mac] USB to Serial Ports

[Steve Hellyer]

Good point Chris. I would agree. FTDI Chipset would be my second  
choice. I have had great success with your ICOM CI-V interface.
http://www.blackcatsystems.com/usbciv/  Which uses the FTDI chipset.

However, it not clear how you can tell whether a particular vendor or  
USB to Serial is using FTDI chipset or not.  I "think"??? you can tell  
when you plug it in to USB and use built-in System Profiler (in  
Utilities Folder) to investigate USB buses and validate chipset details.

73
Steve - VA3SPH

On 8-Dec-08, at 1:56 PM, Chris Smolinski wrote:

> The Keyspan units are very good, I also have had excellent luck with  
> adapters using the FTDI chipset, their OS X driver is very solid.  
> I've had terrible luck with anything using the Prolific chipset. YMMV.