[Yaesu] Re: Yaesu digest, Vol 1 #267 - 1 msg

Fri, 11 Oct 2002 09:04:19 -0700

Hi Edward,

The short answer is yes there are adapters readily available.

The catch though is that they use drivers to support them.  This leaves one
more program to clash with whatever else is running.  Plus, I don't know
without trying it, whether or not your program will work with it.  I have
never used one before and don't know how they are re-directing the serial
ports.  Some programs may need a real serial port.

Another alternative, is to buy a used (laptop or desktop) system dedicated
to connecting to your radio equipment.  People are just dumping them in the
landfills by the thousands since they won't run the latest programs.  That
obviously isn't your problem as you want to run older software that still
supports RS-232.  I am assuming that new versions of the software will
support USB.

Glen Conroy
VE7CUC

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> Subject: [Yaesu] Old rs232 serial port
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> Hi!
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> Noticed that serial ports of laptops ( I dont  know with desktops ) now =
> are replaced by USB ports instead of the older rs232. and most of our =
> rigs need this older port for a cpu interface. Can anybody tell me how =
> they managed this? Is there an adaptor that converts the rs232 to USB? =
> The only adaptors I saw here are DB9 to din etc.
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> Edward B. Soriano MD
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