It has been a while since I read RS-232C and its first successor, RS-232D,
but my
recollection is that this standard is simply an electrical specification and
never details how the signals should be used in any line protocol.
I therefore wonder why MS doesn't adhere to the spec.
----- Original Message -----
From: "wa9als" <wa9als@starband.net>
To: "FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com>; "Writelog List"
<writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 13:20
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] USB, COM, LPT
> Since USB-to-serial adapters are available, it must be possible for a rig
> manufacturer to install the reverse in a rig. It might be OK if they
> adhered to standards, but they don't. IOW, if the "USB to serial
adapters"
> complied with the same standards that we are used to for the motherboard
> serial ports, we would be fine - but they don't. And I'm told, Microsoft
> doesn't even adhere to the full RS-232C standard. Hee - everyone has
their
> own "standards". Yuck though - a rig with a USB port? I guess it might
be
> coming, but so far, I mostly hate USB. I guess if you buy a consumer
> computer and just use the usb to attach a couple of things like a printer
> and scanner, it might be OK. However, when you start adding multiple
things
> and tack on a hub, it seems no 2 configurations behave the same. I have a
> camera that will work on the motherboard USB jacks, but not on a hub
> attached to same.
>
> Right now I have my White Heat USB serial adapter plugged into a
motherboard
> USB jack, and use the adapter for rig control x2 and an external modem. I
> have the camera, external CD/RW, and an iPAQ cradle plugged into the other
> motherboard USB jacks, and this is all OK. However, if I plug a D-link
USB
> hub into one of the motherboard jacks, some of the above won't work
> properly. ......MUCH LESS FSK or CW!! HI Of course, I use the
motherboard
> serial ports for CW/FSK/PTT.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com>
> To: "Writelog List" <writelog@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 6:57 AM
> Subject: [WriteLog] USB, COM, LPT
>
>
> >
> > If the manufacturers of the latest rigs, Yaesu, and TenTec, had included
> USB
> > or Firewire, would the issue be solved?
> >
> > Are USB or Firewire compatible with rig control/fsk?
> >
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------
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> > -----------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Bill H. in Chicagoland
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