[BC] RS232 / USB adapter suggestions?

[Fred Morton]

The last one I bought was from Radio Shack. Not cheap (I think I paid around 
$29.95 for mine) but it works well with XP.

Fred Morton
Houston
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Sepmeier" <dcpowerandlight at hotmail.com>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 6:51 PM
Subject: [BC] RS232 / USB adapter suggestions?


>
>>Or at the very least a USB connection.  Serial ports are few and far 
>>between on laptops these days.
>
> Speaking of the lack of conventional (read: obsolete) serial ports on 
> laptops ... anyone know of a good RS-232 to USB adapter cable / driver 
> package?  Cheap?  I bought one for $5 or so on ebay and the chinese 
> software drivers won't load and run correctly ... so much for that $5.
>
> (Yes, I'm trying to interface with several solar PV driven high-power 
> inverters that use a LAN (not IP, natch', something proprietary!) to 
> communicate with each other and their ;ittle controller, and then provide 
> RS-232 to ... my laptop which has no RS-232 port. And yes, I've spoken to 
> the manufacturer about getting aboard the IP train ... to date, none of 
> them have!  Progressive, huh?)
>
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