[Ham-Mac] Ham-Mac Digest, Vol 102, Issue 6

[Andrew Madsen]

On Jul 11, 2012, at 2:04 PM, Mark Klocksin wrote:

> 
> Not sure what a CI-V cable is, but I believe you're asking about a CI-V to 9-pin serial adapter.  
> 
> There are two types of chips in these units.  I believe the FDDI (?) is preferred over the Prolific chipset.  

I would strongly recommend an FTDI-based solution over those with a Prolific chipset. Prolific's Mac drivers are notoriously buggy.

Most of the cheap Chinese cables use Prolific's chips, so it's a good idea to find out which chipset a cable is using before you buy it.

73, 
Andrew AC7CF