[Orion] Laptop to Orion, USB to serial adapter

[Grant Youngman]

> My USB adapters are from Cables To Go --- 
> http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?cat%5Fid=1501&sku=26886
> 
> I use them problem free with the Orion, a GPS-locked frequency 
> standard, and other things.  My current laptop has no serial port, and
> I use the USB-RS-232 exclusively when the computer is in the radio
> room.

Just to follow up on this.

Between my office PC and the RS-232 devices in the radio room 
(including the Orion),  I use TWO 16' active USB repeater cables in 
series, connected to a 4-port hub (generic CompUSA whatever-was-on-
the-shelf) to the USB/RS232 converter cable.

There aren't any problems.  Suggestions about sensitivity to memory or 
CPU speed or the meaning of life as seen by your laptop make no sense.

Grant/NQ5T