Re: [Elecraft] USB/Serial Question

2010-03-10 Thread David Herring, K6DCH
Chuck, I have an iMac with Snow Leopard and I use a Keyspan USB/serial device. It is about a year old and has performed flawlessly with my K3 and every different program I've tinkered with, which includes fldigi, mac logger dx, the elecraft utility, HRD running in vmware/windows xp, and a

Re: [Elecraft] USB/Serial Question

2010-03-10 Thread Lew Phelps K6LMP
I'm also a Mac user. Some months ago, I specifically asked the folks at Elecraft if there is any reason to prefer their USB-Serial dongle over others that are commercially available. They said no, there's nothing that special about their device. The real issue, especially for Mac users, is whe

[Elecraft] USB/Serial Question

2010-03-10 Thread Charles Teeter
Jack, My iMac is from late 2006, but it has all the upgrades, including that to Snow Leopard. Steve WB6RSE mentioned also that now the Elecraft one works FB with 10.6. I¹ll look at that as well as the one from Mouser Electronics. Thanks, guys. 73, Chuck KE9CE ___

Re: [Elecraft] USB/Serial Question

2010-03-10 Thread Jack Brindle
I would answer that with a pair of questions. What kind of iMac is it, and OS are you running? The Elecraft USB serial adapter uses the Prolific chip set. This manufacturer has not updated the driver for this chip set to run under Mac OS X 10.6 with the 64 bit kernel enabled. So, if you are

Re: [Elecraft] USB/Serial Question

2010-03-10 Thread WILLIS COOKE
7; Cooke K5EWJ From: Charles Teeter To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wed, March 10, 2010 4:33:40 PM Subject: [Elecraft] USB/Serial Question Hello: My computer is an iMac, so I¹m wondering if a serial/USB cable from BestBuy, WalMart, or wherever will work, or if I s

Re: [Elecraft] USB/Serial Question

2010-03-10 Thread Charles Teeter
OopsI meant threadnot threat. chuck On 3/10/10 4:33 PM, "Charles Teeter" wrote: > Hello: > > My computer is an iMac, so I¹m wondering if a serial/USB cable from BestBuy, > WalMart, or wherever will work, or if I should spend the extra money and buy > the one from Elecraft? I¹m hoping

[Elecraft] USB/Serial Question

2010-03-10 Thread Charles Teeter
Hello: My computer is an iMac, so I¹m wondering if a serial/USB cable from BestBuy, WalMart, or wherever will work, or if I should spend the extra money and buy the one from Elecraft? I¹m hoping down the road to use the Mac also for logging and possibly even controlling the K3. I haven¹t ordered