I have several IOGEAR USB adapters for my radio gear. I mainly need DTR control, to power the radio data interface. I hope this is addressed soon (if it hasn't already, as they are constantly providing updates...). My main reason for getting Parallels is a replacement for VPC, which I use for contest logging apps. Either it should recognize an OS-X serial port (the VM sees a COM port - I guess SerialClient works that way, but doesn't support the discretes like DTR), or directly support the USB device.
The latter would be more difficult, since I can't unload the driver in OS-X - I have 3 USB serial adapters. Let's put it this way - I would like to be able to use one device in Parallels at the same time as I'm using the other 2 in OS-X
Edit: if DTR is asserted the entire time SerialClient is running (i.e. the port remains open), that would work for the radio data interface. Obviously, it won't for PTT or other uses requiring discrete control.
Last edited: Nov 20, 2006