[sac-forum] Re: Help with RS232

Dick,
Just remember that all USB-serial adapters are not created equal. Some astro software just plain doesn't work with some of these adapters. One that has proven to work is the Keyspan adapter. 

Peter
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Harshaw" <rharshaw2@xxxxxxx> 
To: <sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 11:32 AM
Subject: [sac-forum] Help with RS232



Hi, all!

I often use TheSky linked to my laptop with an RS-232 cable using the
laptop's serial port.
Last month, my laptop went to the great Mother Board in the Sky and I had to 
get a new one.  The new ones don't have serial ports, just a zillion USB
ports.
I know that there is a way to convert an RS-232 serial port plug to USB, but I don't know the part numbers or the steps in the process. Does anyone here 
have any experience with this problem, and if so, can you direct me to the
part numbers and a source so I can get the laptop and C-11 back on speaking 
terms again?

Thanks in advance!


Dick Harshaw
Phoenix, AZ

"This is the most beautiful and satisfactory explanation of creation to
which I have ever listened."  -- Albert Einstein, on hearing Georges
Lemaitre expound on Lemaitre's formulation of the early "Big Bang" theory

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