RE: Anyone seen these for sale over here...

["Steve Morgan" <smorgo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been using this one:

http://cooldrives.stores.yahoo.net/usb-four-port-serial-adapter-usb-quad-se=
r
ial-rs-232-serial-port-adapter.html

http://tinyurl.com/pkrds

perfectly succesfully for the last couple of years. Never had a problem
wit=
h
ports changing.=20

I can't remember where I bought it at the moment, but I can find out if
necessary.

Steve

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]=20
> On Behalf Of Phil Harris
> Sent: 23 June 2006 16:47
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Anyone seen these for sale over here...
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> The guy that I saw using it was the American bloke exhibiting=20
> the colour calibration kit by the side of the Dymo stand this=20
> week ... I spoke with him for a while as I'd like to buy the=20
> calibration kit myself (but at =A32k it's hardly worth my while=20
> as I'll only use it occasionally) but I saw this thing on his=20
> desk and asked him about it as I find most of the USB to=20
> Serial adapters a tad flaky (or at least as you found they=20
> change addresses easily) and he reckoned they were fine...
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> Phil=20
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx=20
> [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf=20
> > Of Paul Gale
> > Sent: 23 June 2006 16:00
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Anyone seen these for sale over here...
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> > Look interesting!
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> > The problem I had with individual USB to serial converters is
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> > they seemed to change COM port number on a reboot !
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> > Paul.=20
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> > ________________________________
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> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx=20
> [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf=20
> > Of Phil Harris
> > Sent: 23 June 2006 15:40
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Anyone seen these for sale over here...
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> >=20=20
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> > http://cooldrives.stores.yahoo.net/four-port-serial-adapter-bo
> x-usb-serial-p <http://cooldrives.stores.yahoo.net/four-port->
> serial-adapter-box-usb-serial-p>
> > ort-quad-rs-232.html
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> > Or
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> > http://tinyurl.com/j3ojg <http://tinyurl.com/j3ojg>
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> > I did a Google and found a different unit for sale about=20
> =A380 but the=20
> > design wasn't as "friendly" as the one above and -
after=20
> seeing one in=20
> > use and the user was recommending it as being very stable and
not=20
> > dropping serial comms (which I've had from some other units) then
I=20
> > thought I'd try to source one of those.
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> > That company in Florida won't ship outside the US
unfortunately=20
> > though...
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> > Phil
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