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Re: Control Lab - serial/USB
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 1 May 2007 20:13:20 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Doug Eaton wrote:
> I do not have a Control Lab but I do have two USB->Serial converters and have
> tested them on a variety of devices at work and have not had any issues yet.
> These come with device drivers that create serial ports on your machine. As
> long as the OS you are using is supported by the manufacturer of the converter,
> the OS will recognize it as a serial port.
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> Doug
I'm in the same boat as Doug, not having a control lab, but using several
USB-> serial converters. I have had mixed experiences. Some converters have
worked on everything I've tried (like my trusty Belkin F5U103-- no longer in
production) while others have worked for some applications and not others. I
have not been able to figure out what difference exists between converters and
applications to explain this. I suspect it has something to do with how the
converter presents itself to the computer/OS but I'm not sure. I would
definitly recommend NOT buying the cheapest one you can find. That has come
back to haunt me a couple times.
Good Luck.
John
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| (...) I've tried two different converter cables (both say they work with modems, PDA's etc) but no luck with the CLI under RoboLAb. Before I run the program (which I have tested on my desktop PC and there it works) I select the COM port (which does (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jun-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) I do not have a Control Lab but I do have two USB->Serial converters and have tested them on a variety of devices at work and have not had any issues yet. These come with device drivers that create serial ports on your machine. As long as the (...) (17 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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