[CQ-Contest] USB to multiple serial port adapter?

[N7MAL]

There is a related discussion ongoing on another mailing list and an 
interesting problem was brought up. It is especially  pertinent to 
contesting. Apparently some of these USB to Serial adapters don't know what 
comm port they are and could be anything, at any time, from 1 to 8. During a 
contest, for example, if I press the F-4 key I want my call to be sent, I 
don't want to sit around waiting for the adapter to figure what it is. Has 
this been a problem and if so is there an easy solution. Can the Windows 
device manager be used to limit the comm ports?
Thanks in advance
73


MAL
N7MAL
BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
http://www.n7mal.com

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Barry
  To: cq-contest at contesting.com
  Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 22:39
  Subject: [CQ-Contest] USB to multiple serial port adapter?


  It wasn't enough that lightning trashed my station last month.
  Yesterday, my desktop PC died.
  Rather than replacing it, I'm thinking of putting my laptop into service
  as the shack computer.  Naturally, it has no serial ports, so I wonder
  if there is a reliable USB to multiple serial port device that will work
  with the radio, Writelog, etc.
  Tnx,
  Barry
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