[Kenwood] TS 850 to USB ??

Fri, 22 Mar 2002 11:14:24 +0000

Paul

There are no "direct" USB adapters to Kenwood radios and for that matter 
none of the radio control and logging software out there has drivers 
supporting the USB interface protocol anyway

I have in the past used a "USB to RS232 converter". With some success. 
These are essentially devices that convert USB to RS232 and have a software 
driver that "assigns" a COM number to the USB port. Not all USB to RS232 
converters work  reliably , there have lots of threads on this, also the 
use of these converters with laptops is often unpredictable because the USB 
on some laptops does not provide enough power to the USB or some laptops 
even turn the USB off in battery mode, etc. On top of all of this you would 
still need a RS232 to Kenwood level converter as mentioned in the earlier post.

Dave
NR1DX

At 10:42 AM 3/22/02 +0100, Paul deBono wrote:
>Is there any circuit to inteface my TS 850 to a  PC  USB port??
>Which is the best known simple circiut to interface my rig to a serial port
>??
>
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