[Acoustics] pcmcia serial card adapters

[Tracy Vermeyen]

Hi Keith,

I was using a Socket PCMCIA Serial port card prior to getting a Windows
XP computer.  This card didn't work reliably with XP.  I did not some
searches on the WEB and saw many comments that Socket drivers were not
working reliably and Socket wasn't providing very good user support.  As
a result, I decided to purchase a Quatech PCMCIA Serial port card (I got
a 2-port ruggedized card) and it has worked without problems.  I have
used the 2-port card to input Garmin GPS NMEA strings and a digital
depth sounder.

Hope this helps,





Tracy B. Vermeyen, P.E.                           
Hydraulic Engineer                      
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation                        
Water Resources Research Laboratory    
P.O. Box 25007, 86-68560
6th and Kipling Street
Denver, Colorado  80225-0007

Phone:  303-445-2154
FAX :     720-544-0551 
Cell:       303-870-9178
e-mail: tvermeyen at do.usbr.gov 
http://www.usbr.gov/pmts/hydraulics_lab/tvermeyen/index.html

>>> "Keith Ging" <Keith.Ging at lcra.org> 08/22/06 02:10PM >>>
We recently purchased a new Rugged Notebook M220 to use with our Sontek
Riversurveyor.  It has only one serial port which seems to be the trend
these days.  We usually plug our GPS receiver into a second serial port
to get more detailed data when working from a manned boat platform.  We
would like to purchase a pcmcia serial card adapter for this laptop.  

I thought I'd try to take advantage of everyone's experience with
these.  With that in mind, can I get some recommendations on a reliable
one?  What have been some pitfalls using these pcmcia cards?

Thanks,


Keith Ging, P.G.,  Senior Hydrologist
River Operations
Lower Colorado River Authority
3505 Montopolis Dr,  Austin, TX  78744
Phone:  512-356-6009
Toll Free:  1-800-776-5272 ext. 6009
Fax:  512-356-6059
Email:  kging at lcra.org 


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