[PCR-1000] USB serial adapter

Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:43:01 -0600

I've had nothing but problems with Belkin, but I've found KeySpan to be 
absolutely reliable. They even work with ScanStar (for those of you who 
don't know the program, that's amazing).

-Mike

At 11:25 AM 11/12/2003 -0500, you wrote:

>>Right now, the only thing I can throw stones at is the USB serial
>>adapter (Belkin F5U409).
>>
>>For those of you in the States, what makes and models are you using when
>>it comes to such adapters?No, I don't have a regular serial port on
>>this little beast.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Ken
>
>  I've had good results using a usb-to-serial adapter that use's the 
> Prolific chipset.
>  http://www.prolific.com.tw/fr_products.htm
>
>  I've heard that the Belkin adapters have not been very good at all when 
> they are used for controlling radios via a p/c.However I've not had 
> personal experience with Belkin adapters.
>
>  I had problems with my Prolific adapter when I first tried it,using it 
> with WinXP NOT Win98,but found an updated USB device file at the WinXP 
> "Windows Update" site.It now works just fine with the Icom software/PCR1000.
>
>  I have no idea if this combination of adapter/software/hardware would 
> work for you in Win98 OS but it's certainly worth a try as these adapters 
> are not very expensive.You did not mention what version of Win98 you 
> have.If you are not using Win98SE (2nd edition) then I would strongly 
> advise you to upgrade.You also did not mention where you are located so I 
> could not include any links where you could buy a Prolific chipset 
> adapter.However this link,
>  http://www.usbserial.com/ ,is the one that got me started in my quest.
>
>
>  Al
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