Re: [RTTY] USB to Serial Port Adapter

[Uli_Stolz@t-online.de (Uli Stolz DJ9XB)]

Hi all,

I use 3 cheap (about 9 euro each) 'usb to comport' from Digitus/Prolific 
Technology Inc. for : Com4= PTT + FSK, Com5=TS-480, Com6=Packet.
(WinXP, Acer Notebook Celeron 2.6 with 4 USB, the last usb-port=mouse)

73

Uli
DJ9XB/J49XB


Brian Spindor schrieb:
> To the group:
> I know this may be a little off subject but I'm preparing to set up my station 
> again after moving home.  I was planning on switching from my tower computer to 
> my laptop computer as the station computer.  The laptop has only USB ports 
> while my 570D and Rigblaster have 9 pin serial ports. My first thought was to 
> go get two of the cheap USB to Serial Port adapters and use them together to 
> drive the Rigblaster and the 570D.  I'm told that you cannot use more than one 
> of the cheap USB to serial Port adapters at a time and further more if you plug 
> the cheap adapter into another USB port it will assign a different COM Port 
> number to the same adapter.  My next thought was to look for something that 
> allowed multiple ports and had static COM Port numbers assigned to each COM 
> Port connection.  I managed to find at least two vendors:  CompUSB and 
> Sealevel.  With prices ranging from $100 to $160 I'm just a bit skeptical.
>
> Can someone tell me if I'm on track with the advice that I cannot use more than one of the cheap adapters and will the port numbers change if I put the adapter into a different USB port.  Is there another way around this problem?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Brian Spindor
> KA7KUZ
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