[PCR-1000] USB serial adapter

wjdiamond [email protected]
Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:10:49 -0600 

I have been using the Belkin F5U409 now on win 98, ME, 2000
Pro, XP home and XP pro and it has always worked perfect...
for the last 3 years  Just make sure you DL the latest drivers
from Belkin.


   William J. Diamond (Bill)
     Rogers, Arkansas USA
    [email protected]


    Ham Radio Operator WR0T
Please Visit My Icom Radio Page At
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/wjdiamond/index.html

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Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 10:26 AM
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Subject: [PCR-1000] USB serial adapter



>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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