Colin J Thomson - G6AVK wrote: > Hi, > > I have acquired a RS232 to USB adapter, which is working well with FC6 (tested > with GPS) briefly. > My question is I have a very old Serial port digital camera that digiKam > refuses to work with, Its listed but I have never managed to get it to work. I > had to resort to using the M$ software in Wine. > > I wonder if it would be possible to use the USB>Serial adapter somehow, > googleing around has yet to shed any information on this. > > Cheers > Colin One thing to be careful about when using USB to RS232 adapters is that most of the ones I have seen do not support the status/control lines. This can cause problems with devices that use hardware handshaking, or use the status lines for device detection. For example, you can not control a "dumb" UPS. You may have problems using a modem on them. If the camera or software depends on them, then it will also fail. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
