Note the the RigExpert also provides a substitute for the sound card,
and level conversions for all the possibilities of control signals
that I know of, including lines for CW keying, PTT, FSK, and rig
control, and uses a minimum of cables.
You can certainly get a USB "sound card" that Windows recognizes as
such, and use a Belkin, with appropriate level conversion, if
necessary for control. And it would work with MMTTY and MMSSTV, as well
as with MixW, and cost less, probably.
But I'm not sorry I have gotten the RigExpert.
73, doug
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 06:06:27 -0500
From: Bob Patten <n4bp@bellsouth.net>
Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 wrote:
>This is the IC that the RigExpert uses to provide a complete digital
>mode interface on a USB port. It only works with MixW and DigiPan
>currently, but we can hope for MMTTY support.
>
>
The Belkin F5U103 USB/Serial adaptor will provide a true serial port
with proper address and IRQ. I've been using
two of them on a notebook with USB ports only, for both rig control (K2
& IC-706) and FSK (with MMTTY).
They run about $60 and can be found at Best Buy and/or CompUSA.
Check out AA5AU's RTTY website for more info about USB/Serial adaptors.
--
73, Bob Patten, N4BP Plantation, FL
E-Mail: n4bp@arrl.net Website: http://www.qsl.net/n4bp
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