Re: USB to RS-232 Serial Adapter Advice

On Feb 25, 10:32 am, Mario.Cros...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Feb 23, 11:36 am, DRN <d...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



Warning, further confusion posted above...
* ILEC SN10 software includes versions for 32-bit Windows
  AND 16-bit Windows/DOS.
* DOS versions of SN10 and many other programs run great
  under "simulated" DOS, including:
  - DOSbox (runs your ILEC software on a Mac with no Windows)
  - PC emulators that run on PDAs (as above)
  - etc.

For PCs, we recommend Belkin USB-to-serial adapters, as
Belkin drivers have fewer bugs, exist for 64-bit windows, etc.
Many adapters will only function correctly at certain settings,
which *might* be what you need - or not.

For Mac, we recommend Keyspan.

Many adapters have drivers for only one OS (ie, Windows
or Mac), so you have to be a bit careful !

Hope this helps,
Best Regards, Dave "YO electric"

I have been using a Belkin USB/ Serial Portable Adapter F5U 409 for 6
years
SN-10, Volkslogger, and now Windows Vista with success.

Has anyone tried using a CyberSerial ExpressCard (with serial port) in
the Express Card slot that most new laptops have now?  Could this
solve the
problem we are having with the adapters?

http://www.nextwarehouse.com/item/?227211

Mario  CM

I believe this is a USB to serial adapter. I have no idea what chipset
is uses. If it works well then it may be more convenient/compact to
carry around than an external adapter and cable.

One problem with how ExpressCard devices are marketed is that the
ExpressCard connection includes both connection to a PCE-Express x 1
lane and a USB 2.0 connection. Many ExpressCards devices like memory
card readers just use the USB interface so you certainly don't get any
PCI-Express performance advantage with those devices over standard
external USB card readers (and often if you want the very fastest card
readers you'll find those are external USB 2.0 or Firewire 800). I
think this SIIG adapter is using USB, they are quiet about what
exactly the device is using but the installation manual describes what
looks like a USB to serial driver. I'd love to be wrong.

BTW other SIIG PCI based serial adapter cards you plug into deskside
computers are definitely not USB based and are great options for
getting real serial ports. I have a quad port SIIG card kicking around
here somewhere. If you have the I/O slots available that is almost
always a better way to go than USB to serial adapters.

Darryl
.

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