converting rs-422 to rs-232

I'm a bit in the woods on this one. We've got an AJA Kona LE. We don't have a regular deck in the studio, as I'm mostly using the AJA to monitor DVCPROHD originating off of p2 cards.

We decided to pick up one of these JVC combo units that has a Hard drive, DV deck and DVD recorder in it. I figure it will be good for quick dubs, window dubs, and recording downconverted DVCPRO HD.

OK...my question is this. The JVC deck has RS-232 control. I would love to be able to use it for ingesting dv as uncompressed and controlling it using the rs-422 from the kona. Is it possible to make this happen with a converter or is it a pipe dream?

the deck (http://pro.jvc.com/prof/featured_models.jsp last item on page) also has firewire control, but somebody from AJA I talked to said that was less reliable than rs-422.

Thanks in advance for any help.

david

david garcia
Halflife* Digital
albuquerque, nm