[time-nuts] Prologix GPIB-USB news

[Tom Van Baak]

Below is news from from Prologix.

Abdul, if you haven't met Ulrich Bangert yet, please exchange
email; he's done excellent work with your controller. Also, you're
welcome to join the time-nuts list. For details, please see:

http://www.leapsecond.com/time-nuts.htm  and/or
https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts

Again, thanks for the word on the new GPIB-USB controller.

/tvb
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Abdul Nizar
> To: 'Tom Van Baak'
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 15:48
> Subject: RE: Thanks!, GPIB-USB
> 
> Tom,
> 
> I saw some comments on the time-nuts newsgroup about the
> Prologix GPIB-USB controller and would like to address them.
> Not being a member of the newsgroup, I don't think I can post
> myself. Could you do me a favor and post the following response
> for me?
> 
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I am the developer of the Prologix GPIB-USB board. Recently, I came
> across some posts in this newsgroup about the difficulty of configuring
> the virtual serial port to communicate with the controller - especially
> getting RTS/CTS flow control working just right on Linux. As someone
> who believes in developing devices that "Just Work", I take such
> feedback seriously. Thank you.
> 
> The good news is the new version of the GPIB-USB controller (firmware
> version 4.2 and above) eliminates the problem completely. Thanks to
> a better USB chip, none of the serial port parameters matter anymore;
> they do not have to be configured and can be left alone.
> 
> The not-so-good news is you need the new hardware.
> 
> Regards,
> Abdul

and

> Hello,
>  
> I recently saw your comments in Nuts & Volts magazine about
> Prologix GPIB-USB controller. Much appreciated. Thanks!
>  
> FYI, we recently released an updated version with metal enclosure
> and some other improvements.
>  
> * Metal enclosure for durability and reduced EMI
> * Screws to mount unit on instrument
> * Higher performance by using faster USB controller
> * Simplified configuration in software; no DIP switches
>  
> http://www.prologix.biz
>