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November 14th 03, 09:09 PM
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WINAPRS... Can I Use USB With It?
Hello...
I am looking to purchase a Dell Inspiron 1100 notebook PC within the next day or two. I noticed that it does NOT have a serial port, but does have USB 2.0 ports (along with 56 Kbps modem port and Ethernet port). Im not sure how to configure WinAPRS (or if i can) to use a USB port rather than look for a serial port. I would buy a serial -- USB adapter to connect my radio to it. I plan on buying the radio next year, a TM-D700A mobile radio and using the internal TNC with WinAPRS for mobile APRS operation. Will this work? Possible to use USB 2.0 ports with WinAPRS? Any information greatly appreciated. Douglas Harrington Seekonk, MA, USA ARS KB1JEC |
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#2
November 14th 03, 09:17 PM
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Douglas Harrington wrote:
Hello... I am looking to purchase a Dell Inspiron 1100 notebook PC within the next day or two. I noticed that it does NOT have a serial port, but does have USB 2.0 ports (along with 56 Kbps modem port and Ethernet port). Im not sure how to configure WinAPRS (or if i can) to use a USB port rather than look for a serial port. I would buy a serial -- USB adapter to connect my radio to it. I plan on buying the radio next year, a TM-D700A mobile radio and using the internal TNC with WinAPRS for mobile APRS operation. Will this work? Possible to use USB 2.0 ports with WinAPRS? Any information greatly appreciated. All the USB-to-Serial adapters I've seen have come with drivers that appear as a serial interface to the program. -- Mike Andrews Tired old sysadmin |
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#3
November 15th 03, 04:08 AM
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I use a USB external modem. When plugged in, the computer automatically
assigned the modem COM3, no special adapters needed. I would think plugging a TNC in would have a similar affect. Then again, I've never heard of a computer without a serial port. That is a bit strange. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 73! de Andy KC2SSB - WPYI880 (GMRS) Beachwood, NJ USA! Grid FM29vw http://vhfradiobuff.tripod.com |
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#4
November 17th 03, 07:59 PM
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VHFRadioBuff wrote:
I use a USB external modem. When plugged in, the computer automatically assigned the modem COM3, no special adapters needed. I would think plugging a TNC in would have a similar affect. Then again, I've never heard of a computer without a serial port. That is a bit strange. They're fairly common now. My wife's work laptop has no serial port, just USB, Ethernet, monitor output, and some weird DIN-like thing that *isn't* a mouse or KB port. -- Mike Andrews, quondam WN5EGO, futurus W5EGO. Tired old sysadmin |
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November 17th 03, 10:09 PM
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#6
November 19th 03, 12:43 AM
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 19:59:21 +0000 (UTC), (Mike
Andrews) wrote: They're fairly common now. My wife's work laptop has no serial port, just USB, Ethernet, monitor output, and some weird DIN-like thing that *isn't* a mouse or KB port. If it's a fairly new laptop, the port is most likely S-Video out so you can play DVDs through a cable to your TV. |
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November 17th 03, 10:09 PM
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=2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1 "Mike" =3D=3D Mike Andrews writes: [...] Mike They're fairly common now. My wife's work laptop has no serial Mike port, just USB, Ethernet, monitor output, and some weird Mike DIN-like thing that *isn't* a mouse or KB port. My work laptop has similar ports, but the docking station comes with a serial port, so there's one in the footwell of my car for when I want to use xastir in the car. Jack. =2D --=20 Jack Twilley jmt at twilley dot org http colon slash slash www dot twilley dot org slash tilde jmt slash =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/uUcfGPFSfAB/ezgRAvJoAJ90N1gEeiA1JgrXgjeUtwq8jDkNZwCfRB9O RvUjv0mgKClc6JX3XtSsQZY=3D =3DN8pl =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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#9
November 19th 03, 12:43 AM
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 19:59:21 +0000 (UTC), (Mike
Andrews) wrote: They're fairly common now. My wife's work laptop has no serial port, just USB, Ethernet, monitor output, and some weird DIN-like thing that *isn't* a mouse or KB port. If it's a fairly new laptop, the port is most likely S-Video out so you can play DVDs through a cable to your TV. |
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#10
November 25th 03, 09:04 AM
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In article , says...
They're fairly common now. My wife's work laptop has no serial port, just USB, Ethernet, monitor output, and some weird DIN-like thing that *isn't* a mouse or KB port. That's probably an S-Video port, for use in playing DVDs and such out to a TV set. -- -- //Steve// Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS Fountain Valley, CA Email: Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~kb6ojs_steve |
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