[Xastir] USB to Serial Adapters

[Gary Laurance]

Thanks for posting this, just what I was lookng for to put up my weather
station on the air with debian linux.
Gary

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wes Johnston" <wes at kd4rdb.com>
To: "Steve West-Fisher" <steve at coastaldatasystems.com>
Cc: <xastir at xastir.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Xastir] USB to Serial Adapters


> kc4pl pointed me to
>
http://www.usbmax.com/U232-P9_DB-9_Serial__Adapter_High_Speed_230K_USB_SERIAL_RS-232_.cfm
> which costs a whopping $16 and required no driver installation under
debian
> linux.  Ohh,and it works with windows too.
>
> Wes
> --
>
>
>
> Quoting Steve West-Fisher <steve at coastaldatasystems.com>:
>
> > Just wanted to post what I have found out. The Belkin F5U109 drivers do
> > not seem to be happy with Windows XP. There appears to be a problem with
> > DSR. UI-View is able to work, but my laptop seems to crash a lot when I
> > am using this adapter, but not otherwise. I have read that Windows 98
> > does not have this problem with the adapter. I have also run across
> > comments about getting this device to work with Linux.
> >
> > Now the good news! The USB to Serial adapter from Radio Shack works
> > properly with Windows XP, Cygwin, and Xastir.
> > --
> > Stephen West-Fisher
> > Coastal Data Systems
> > 727.418.9774
> > http://www.coastaldatasystems.com/
> >
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