[CQ-Contest] USB to serial port devices

[Boris Knezovic]

Barry,

I built MAX232 CIV interface for my PRO3 and used it with a great success with USB to Serial converter, but could not resist when I saw price of this cable which works great:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110153543314&sspagename=ADME:L:AAQ:US:1

IMHO, answer for CW under XP is K1EL's Winkey which in my setup works nice with another USB to Serial converter.

Hope this helps...

73's Boris T93Y
http://www.t93y.com

-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com on behalf of Barry
Sent: Fri 31-Aug-07 16:24
To: n2ic at arrl.net
Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] USB to serial port devices
 
No, it's a laptop.  Have already done the PCI serial port thing in a 
fedw desktops.  Works great.
73,
Barry

Steve London wrote:
> If it's a desktop PC, and has a spare PCI slot, why not use a 4-port PCI serial 
> port board ?  They are readily available and reasonably priced.
>
> Purchased mine off of eBay. $20 - works perfectly.
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
>
> Barry wrote:
>   
>> Hi all,
>> I'm setting up a new computer that has no native serial ports.  I bought
>> a USB to 4 port serial port adapter which uses the Prolific chipset.
>> It's not working properly.  In DX4WIN, frequency control works, but the
>> mode is wrong.  In Writelog, it's not working at all.  I've tried
>> updating the drivers on the CD included, with those on Prolific's web
>> site without success.
>>
>> Any thoughts on what I might be missing?  If not, can anyone recommend a
>> USB to serial device (and where to get it) that works for them for rig
>> control (Icom) and CW generation under XP with Writelog and/or DX4WIN?
>>
>> Tnx,
>> Barry
>>
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