Bill, What exactly are you asking for when you say, "support USB"? The ICOM 756 requires a serial interface as does nearly every amateur radio related hardware device in use today? The way you "support" using USB and still communicate with a device that expects a serial port interface is by way of a USB to serial port hub. USB direct connects to a USB hardware device are intended for high volume data transfer... megabytes of data being transferred such as downloading digital pictures from a camera, or interfacing with full motion video, graphics printers, etc... To use an entire USB port to occasionally transfer a 16 byte string to some amateur radio device such as a radio would be a big waste which is why there are USB to serial port devices manufactured so that you can obtain more production from a single USB port.
Please elaborate on what you mean because I guess I'm missing something here. Regards, Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Nowicki [WA4OYH]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 2:37 PM Subject: Re: [DXBase] Rig Control via USB Port > Courtney, > I must disagree with the statement that a USB to Serial HUB is a waste of > computing power. I have need for more than 4 serial ports and to purchase > serial port expander cards such as Rocketport is expensive and requires > computing power to operate. The USB to serial HUB is a less expensive > option. The serial interface in Windows does not seem to have a standard > that every manufacture or software developer will follow. My hope is that > DXBase will support USB in the future and get away from the resource > problems that hamper standard serial ports. > > Bill WA4OYH > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 1:05 PM > Subject: Re: [DXBase] Rig Control via USB Port > > > > Tom, > > > > Use a USB to Serial hub and get multiple serial ports from one USB port. > > DXbase does not support a direct USB interface. ( such a waste of > computer > > resources to do so ). > > > > Regards, > > Courtney > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 12:50 PM > > Subject: [DXBase] Rig Control via USB Port > > > > > > > Is it possible to control a 756PROII via the USB ports? Thank you. > > > > > > Tom Neill K4XG > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > > > > _______________________________________________ > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >
