[sac-forum] Re: Help with RS232

Thanks, Peter.  I was not aware of this.

Dick


-----Original Message-----
From: sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Peter Argenziano
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 11:56 AM
To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [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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