[WriteLog] ComPort 4

laszlo vagner george at vagner.com
Tue Dec 27 10:48:22 EST 2005


i ditched that idea of using usb drivers for anything due to the vast 
differences in how each program accesses the ports.

do yourself a favor and buy a few of these, they work fine in logic and other 
programs.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815124017

cheap and good solution.





On Monday 26 December 2005 11:24 am, Jerry Bale wrote:
> Sorry for the confusion, guess my focus was not on presenting to the forum
> correctly.
>
> I do have an ICOM 746Pro and it is my pride and joy.  And recently I
> purchased a new Dell XPS 400 without serial and paralell comports (maybe
> not a good idea).  My decision was to convert all applications to USB
> seeing how issues were abundant with comm and serial ports with software
> conflicts, port availability etc.
>
> Logic 7 (not WriteLog ... sorry for another mistake) has a USB to
> Serial/parallel Cable and with their software, the  MRP4060 keyed the ICOM
> 746Pro, and I felt my issues may be over with ports.  However, WriteLog,
> TrueTTY and Logic 7 software was not tested and an assumption made.
>
> Busting a connection in haste left me puzzled, hence the first request to
> the forum.  With  the cable repair,  the MRP4060 software keyed the
> transmitter on ComPort 4.  However the other software not being tested an
> assumption was made, hence the second e-mail - 'all is well.'  The
> objective would be to get all software working to the ICOM 746Pro using
> USB.  In the future I would like to use USB with stellite tracking software
> in place, as well.
>
> Am a bit green in the area of computers and Xceivers but it will happen
> hopefully without needing the ports mentioned above.
>
> Here is the link for USB to RS-232 Cable/with software...
>
> http://www.hosenose.com/search_results.asp?txtsearchParamTxt=usb+232&txtsea
>rchParamCat=ALL&txtsearchParamType=ALL&iLevel=1&txtsearchParamMan=ALL&txtsea
>rchParamVen=ALL&txtFromSearch=fromSearch&btnSearch.x=9&btnSearch.y=10
>
> UnConfused Jerry in Lakeview, Oregon
> WD6FMF
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