[TenTec] USB to serial converter questions

[Katz Ajamas]

Sorry, forgot the subject line

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Katz Ajamas <ajamas.rn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Peg-
>
> You wrote:  "The Ten-Tec website carries a USB - Serial Converter Cable
> but says it doesn't work with the Eagle, which we also have in the shack.
> Out of curiosity, is this because the Eagle has a USB type B port rather
> than a type A? Would an A to B adapter work? I am trying to think ahead
> here."
>
> The program running on the Eagle CPU is not set up to use an USB to serial
> adapter.
> This means that you can't use the adapter cable between the Eagle and the
> RS232(serial) port on a laptop/desktop.
>
> The Eagle is listed as being supported by the newer NJP software. So, all
> you need for the Eagle is a USB cable to a computer that has a USB port and
> runs the NJP software. No adapter needed for the Eagle.
>
> For the Orion with the RS232/serial interface for keying...I suspect
> something like http://www.adafruit.com/product/284 would work but would
> check on the NJP software forum(yahoo) before buying one. I have used this
> interface with an arduino board and it is a "real" FTDI chip.
>
> 73, Bob ah7i
>