XPort or Connect Me help???

[NavMicroSystems]

William,

to get started quickly you could order one of the "Dongle"-PCBs.
($8 isn't too much, is it?)

another low cost option is to use some short pieces of wire and solder the XPort to a connector (or DIP-Socket) that fits the grid of the breadboard.

(That makes it easy to reuse the XPort later on the final target PCB.)

[Charles Linquis]

In my application, I had to give the user the ability to change IP addresses, protocols (UDP vs telnet) and a variety of other parameters from a menu without using any third-party software.

Requiring users to load PORT TOOL and other software just didn't fit with my idea of a professional product, one that I could (and do) sell to customers including the military.

As it is, everything is menu-driven through the serial-port interface, and is easy to use.

It should be noted that I use one serial port, and multiplex the TxD and RxD between a MAX232 and the XPORT. It works flawlessly.