[Xastir] USB to Serial Adapter Problem

Andrew Rich vk4tec at tech-software.net
Sat Dec 11 18:46:34 EST 2004


Steve,

I had one of those, worked ok on UI-VIEW

LINUX forget it

Dunno about cygin

On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 09:36, Steve West-Fisher wrote:
> I've put a Belkin F5U109 on a laptop without a serial port, and I'm
> getting a strange symptom. Looks like a flow control problem, but I'm
> not sure.
> 
> When I start Xastir (on Windows XP) I get incoming stations until just
> after the TNC (KPC-3) gets initialized by Xastir. If I close Xastir and
> crank up Hyperterminal, I see the incoming data. This setup also works
> with UI-View.
> 
> On my Linux laptop, the same tnc-startup.sys file, cable, TNC, etc.
> works fine. What I don't know is if Cygwin handles the serial port
> differently, or if the F5U109 does something odd. Is anyone else using
> this configuration and have it working?




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