Re: [digitalradio] USB - RS232 adapter for Vista 64bit?
Peter, A good, but expensive, solution is to get the SignaLink USB interface, which has digital VOX built in. This how I solved the same problem You can also get a C-media USB Sound Adapter and modify it to bring out a PTT line, which is a less expensive approach ( http://www.usbradio.org/usbfob.pdf) 73, Skip KH6TY
Re: [digitalradio] USB - RS232 adapter for Vista 64bit?
Hi Peter, The Prolific company seems to make a very large number of these adapters that are then branded with different companies names. The old (large and expensive) Radio Shack USB adapter (about $40 here in the U.S.) was from this company. I am sure these products are available world wide. The older adapters may not have new drivers developed for Vista, but when I purchased a recent design, that has the electronics built in to the 9 pin connector, it came with a mini disk with drivers. This worked FB for XP, but when I tried to use it for Vista, the computer would reject the attempt to load the disk. I was quite concerned at first, until I realized that Vista automatically identifies this product and no driver is even needed. One of the nice features of Vista that at least some may not be aware. This adapter cost me around $20 including shipping. I have seen them advertised for as low as $12 plus shipping and are much better for portability. Some of them may have very short cables, barely over a foot long, so for rig control you will likely need a few additional feet of extension cable for the RS-232 side. I think that Linux also supports many of these adapters, but I currently removed Linux yet again from my computers as it just can not compete with XP for practical use with ham programs, and definitely can not compete with Vista when it comes to the highest quality font and image rendering on my systems. Incidentally, I burnedan iso from the new OpenSolaris Live and that seemed much better than Linux variants in terms of image quality. Even could handle my high end HP tower with Nvidia chipset. But then again, the problem is that I could not run my ham software, which is something I am really not willing to give up. 73, Rick, KV9U Peter Frenning [OZ1PIF] wrote: My new LapTop (Zepto 6625WD), like most new ones, has no RS232 port, so, in order to PTT my radio (FT-847 - no VOX!), I need an USB to RS232 adapter. The one I have (Belkin F5U103V) has no Vista 64bit support (no drivers available and none planned that I know of). Anybody in similar jam with a tested solution? It wouldn't hurt if was also supported by Ubuntu Linux either.
RE: [digitalradio] USB - RS232 adapter for Vista 64bit?
Gil, W0MN http://webpages.charter.net/gbaron N 44.082147 W 92.513085 1050' Hierro Candente, Batir de repente -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 8:45 AM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] USB - RS232 adapter for Vista 64bit? Hi Peter, The Prolific company seems to make a very large number of these adapters that are then branded with different companies names. The old (large and expensive) Radio Shack USB adapter (about $40 here in the U.S.) was from this company. I am sure these products are available world wide. The older adapters may not have new drivers developed for Vista, but when I purchased a recent design, that has the electronics built in to the 9 pin connector, it came with a mini disk with drivers. This worked FB for XP, but when I tried to use it for Vista, the computer would reject the attempt to load the disk. I was quite concerned at first, until I realized that Vista automatically identifies this product and no driver is even needed. One of the nice features of Vista that at least some may not be aware. This is called plug and play and works for XP too. The reason you needed the disk for XP is that XP had no built in driver or the disk had a newer better one. MANY devices can be added to an XP system without adding any drivers. This adapter cost me around $20 including shipping. I have seen them advertised for as low as $12 plus shipping and are much better for portability. Some of them may have very short cables, barely over a foot long, so for rig control you will likely need a few additional feet of extension cable for the RS-232 side. I think that Linux also supports many of these adapters, but I currently removed Linux yet again from my computers as it just can not compete with XP for practical use with ham programs, and definitely can not compete with Vista when it comes to the highest quality font and image rendering on my systems. Incidentally, I burnedan iso from the new OpenSolaris Live and that seemed much better than Linux variants in terms of image quality. Even could handle my high end HP tower with Nvidia chipset. But then again, the problem is that I could not run my ham software, which is something I am really not willing to give up. 73, Rick, KV9U Peter Frenning [OZ1PIF] wrote: My new LapTop (Zepto 6625WD), like most new ones, has no RS232 port, so, in order to PTT my radio (FT-847 - no VOX!), I need an USB to RS232 adapter. The one I have (Belkin F5U103V) has no Vista 64bit support (no drivers available and none planned that I know of). Anybody in similar jam with a tested solution? It wouldn't hurt if was also supported by Ubuntu Linux either. Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Page at http://www.obriensweb.com/sked Check our other Yahoo Groups http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxlist/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/contesting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup Yahoo! Groups Links
Re: [digitalradio] USB - RS232 adapter for Vista 64bit?
Is that Linux or plain old Solaris? Does Wine work with it? 73, Jose, CO2JA --- Rick wrote: Incidentally, I burned an ISO from the new OpenSolaris Live and that seemed much better than Linux variants in terms of image quality. Even could handle my high end HP tower with Nvidia chipset. But then again, the problem is that I could not run my ham software, which is something I am really not willing to give up. 73, Rick, KV9U
Re: [digitalradio] USB - RS232 adapter for Vista 64bit?
The Keyspan unit is a bit pricey at $40 list, but it's rated to be very compatible. It does have drivers for Vista but only lists 32-bit. It might be worth asking them about 64 bit compatibility. It does advertise compatibility with Mac and Linux http://www.keyspan.com/products/usa19hs/ On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 1:06 AM, Peter Frenning [OZ1PIF] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My new LapTop (Zepto 6625WD), like most new ones, has no RS232 port, so, in order to PTT my radio (FT-847 - no VOX!), I need an USB to RS232 adapter. The one I have (Belkin F5U103V) has no Vista 64bit support (no drivers available and none planned that I know of). Anybody in similar jam with a tested solution? It wouldn't hurt if was also supported by Ubuntu Linux either. -- Vy 73 de OZ1PIF/5Q2M, Peter
Re: [digitalradio] USB - RS232 adapter for Vista 64bit?
The understanding that I have is that Open Solaris is Sun's open version of Solaris and I think it may be equivalent. It is a Unix System V variant of Release 4 and no other System V code is available as open software. It is very significant that Ian Murdoch is now a major player at Sun. For those who may not know, he is the ian in Debian Linux. His wife Debra is the Deb part:) The ZFS file system is considered pretty good. They have adopted GNOME as the desktop so it has the look and feel of Ubuntu and other Linux variants that use GNOME. (Personally, I somewhat favor KDE (Kool Desktop Environment) but either one would be OK if I could run the software that I need to ham radio purposes. I have read that there have been problems attempting to port WINE to Open Solaris, but I really am not knowledgeable to comment on that. Perhaps other group members may know? For me, the big surprise was that it was the first Linux/Unix type product that could properly drive the Nvidia graphics. No other Linux version can do this, and I have tried more than a dozen of them over the past few years. 73, Rick, KV9U Jose A. Amador wrote: Is that Linux or plain old Solaris? Does Wine work with it? 73, Jose, CO2JA
Re: [digitalradio] USB - RS232 adapter for Vista 64bit?
Thank you, Rick. A friend and coworker told me that he achieved to make work his Nvidia card with Mandriva. I have not been able so far, using Mandriva Spring 2007. Mine is GeForce FX5200. I downloaded the driver pack, more than 100 MB. I have not been able to see where is the failure. Also, my TV tuner card, a NPGtech Teal TV Top 10 (CX23881 based) has been a no-no under Linux. Originally a european tuner, I changed the ceramic filters (passband and trap) for 4.5 MHz equivalents and works quite happily with NTSC-M under XP Pro SP2, but I have not been able to make the tuner change channels. 73, Jose, CO2JA --- Rick wrote: For me, the big surprise was that it was the first Linux/Unix type product that could properly drive the Nvidia graphics. No other Linux version can do this, and I have tried more than a dozen of them over the past few years. 73, Rick, KV9U
