[futurebasic] Re: [FB] Cerial Adaptors

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From: Rich Love <richlove@...>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 20:01:17 -0600
Keyspan makes a high speed USB to Serial Adaptor.
They also make a dual port adaptor.
I have links to both on my web site.
http://carnationsoftware.com/carnation/Keyspan.html

Rich


On Tuesday, January 28, 2003, at 05:09  AM, John Clark wrote:

>
> On Tuesday, Jan 28, 2003, at 21:00 Australia/Sydney, 
> futurebasic-digest-help@... wrote:
>
>> Track down a Keyspan USB to dual serial adaptor ($40 or so) which 
>> provides 2 old-fashioned mini-DIN 8 serial ports which can be fiddled 
>> just like the old serial ports.
>
> IMHO the best bet is actually the PDA adaptor. This has a single subD9 
> connector. In most cases you can buy a PC modem cable off the shelf 
> which works rather than having to fiddle with the Mini DIN 8 plugs 
> used on the dual port device.
>
> Also, since the PDA adaptor works with PCs, it's quite common. Best, 
> its also cheaper. And faster.
>
> Normally you would have to set the adaptor to emulate a printer port 
> to get it to work with older apps.
>
> I don't know if you have looked that far, but the Keyspan adaptors 
> have a neat serial logging window function which allows you to view 
> what is being sent out of the adaptor and what is being received in 
> different colours, complete with the timing functions and control 
> chars etc. You can save this as a log and view it to correct problems 
> with your code.
>
> The adaptors are also OS X compatible, and Robin Craig has written 
> code which works with both 9 and X.
>
> Best
>
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Rich Love - Carnation Software
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