If there is only one USB controller (hub) in the laptop, then there may be more internal devices connected to it other than the keyboard and mouse. The PCI /USB bus controller would be guaranteed to have only the FLEX-1500 connected to it (unless you plugged something else into it). Also the internal USB controller would use the PCI bus too, so any traffic jams (I would expect none) would affect both equally as bad.
-Tim -----Original Message----- From: Michael Tondee [mailto:mat...@netcommander.com] Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 6:06 PM To: Tim Ellison Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Another USB question Hmnn, that's just the opposite preference I would have expected to hear if there was a preference. I would have though there might be some possible "traffic jams" in the PCI buss. Shows how much I know! Michael On 2/17/2011 8:51 PM, Tim Ellison wrote: > I'd keep the 1500 on the PCI / USB interface. To be sure, you would have to > see what other devices are sharing the same IRQ as the PCI /USB card. > > > -Tim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz > [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio..biz] On Behalf Of Michael Tondee > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 7:32 PM > To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz > Subject: [Flexradio] Another USB question > > After getting my Flex 1500, I discovered that all the USB ports on my desktop > PC were essentially on the same "hub" which made it impossible for me to > isolate the rig from devices like my USB keyboard that could potentially > cause issues. > I say potentially because aside from some clicking in the audio that was > taken care off by reducing the AF gain, everything seemed to be working fine > with everything plugged into the same native hub on my PC. > Just to be safe though, I sought out a Windows 7 PCI USB card so I could > put the 1500 on a "dedicated' hub and thanks to Tim, I found one at NewEgg. > Now that I have it installed and working I have two "hubs" > and can plug the Flex into one and all my other USB devices into the other. > > So my question is this.... Is one hub better that the other? Is there any > advantage to plugging the 1500 into the PC's ports supported by the > motherboards native hub over plugging it into the PCI cards ports? > I have enough ports now that I can do it either way. > 73, > Michael, W4HIJ > > > > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
