[Kenwood] TS 850 to USB ??

Fri, 22 Mar 2002 07:11:34 -0800

I am successfully using a usb to rs232 converter with my ts570dg.
the manufacturer is Belkin.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Henderson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 3:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Kenwood] TS 850 to USB ??

> 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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