I refined the search and found the items you are referring to. Thanks a ton!
73, Bill K9YEQ -----Original Message----- From: Ron W3ZV [mailto:w...@verizon.net] Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 5:00 PM To: Bill K9YEQ Subject: Re: [Elecraft] serial to USB I paid $35 on eBay. 4 port. It worked fine. Keep looking. Ron W3ZV On Feb 11, 2012, at 5:43 PM, Bill K9YEQ wrote: > Don, > > Thanks! I found a digi on Amazon for $ 216. There was a > reconditioned unit by Saitek, but I believe that is Chinese and I am > no so certain it isn't a knock off. I will check out eBay. > > 73, > Bill > K9YEQ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Wilhelm [mailto:d...@w3fpr.com] > Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 4:41 PM > To: Bill K9YEQ > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] serial to USB > > Bill, > > I bought mine some time ago (when they were cheap) on Ebay - I have > the > Edgeport/4 (4 port) by Inside Out - that company was sold to Digi > International, and the Digi drivers work with the Edgeport - see if > you can find one being sold on Ebay for a decent price. The drivers > for the /2, /4, > /8 and /16 are the same. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 2/11/2012 5:34 PM, Bill K9YEQ wrote: >> Don, >> >> Which brand are you using? I am looking for a four port. >> >> 73, >> Bill >> K9YEQ >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net >> [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm >> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 4:08 PM >> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] serial to USB >> >> All, >> >> I feel I should add to the discussion the fact that these consumer >> quality USB to Serial adapters typically do not like to work at lower >> baud rates - the K2 uses 4800 baud. So an adapter that works at the >> K3 rate of 19.2k > may >> have trouble when attempting to drive a K2. >> >> The commercial quality USB to Serial converters (note that they are >> called converters instead of adapters) may not suffer from the same >> problems, my >> Edgeport/4 converter works well with the K2 even with the high >> polling > rates >> of Ham Radio Deluxe. Of course these commercial quality converters >> are > more >> expensive than the $10 to $40 consumer quality adapters. >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR >> >> On 2/11/2012 4:14 PM, Bob Cunnings wrote: >>>> what IS the difference between FTDI and Prolific. >>> They are two different manufacturers of USB to Serial hardware ICs >> (chips). >>> http://www.ftdichip.com/ >>> >>> http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/company.asp >>> >>> Besides the hardware, each manufacturer supplies royalty free >>> software (device drivers) as part of the solution for PC operating >>> systems such as Mac, Windows and Linux. >>> >>> At work I have long used FTDI chips in products we design. A >>> customized version of the signed driver package supplied by FTDI for >>> 32 and 64 bit Windows is incorporated into our own software >>> distribution. Prolific is generally ok but lately they have been >>> warning about counterfeit parts and USB to Serial Cables: >>> >>> http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/downloads.asp?id=31 >>> >>> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this >> email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
