Good points... and pretty much in line with my thinking. Based on the comments here, I'm strongly leaning toward the LAN version now. I'll definitely have a closer look at the KE5FX toolkit, there are some very interesting applications there.
Thanks everyone for your input. Looks like I have a bit more homework to do on the software end of things, but this has been very informative. - Chad. On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Esa Heikkinen <scifisc...@sci.fi> wrote: > If it's about "Ethernet vs. USB" queston I would always suggest Ethernet. - > With any kind of equipment in question! > > Ethernet is simpy much better: you don't need device drivers, it works with > longer cables (over 10 times longer than USB), it's routable, you can use it > remotely (VPN), you can turn it wireless (WLAN) and because there are no > need for drivers it's much more platform / OS independent than USB. > > USB is good for devices which can draw their power from USB port, like > mices or keyboards. But it has many drawbacks: some USB devices won't work > with Windows Vista. Some USB devices has stupid drivers which need to be > installed for each USB port in the computer. I'm talking about the issue > when you install a driver and later plug it into different USB port the > system will ask you to isntall the driver again. Also, many USB devices > based on some kind of USB-Serial chip (like FTDI) may have different > COM-addresses for different USB ports and this leads to same kind of issue: > it works only with one USB port witout changing some settings. In the worst > case you must remember the corrent USB port for each device. > > With Ethernet it's not essential which port (or to which switch) you plug > in your device, as long the switch you are using is a part of your local > network (or there is VPN remote connection to your network). > > But... of course this in only my opinion. :-) > > I have used the Prologix (LAN version) with KE5FX GPIB toolkit. You can use > it for capturing plots from oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers etc. and write > some kind of command scripts for the instruments. Maybe it's not best > possible software for Prologix but it it's free. > > -- > 73s! > Esa > OH4KJU > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
