Keyspan by Tripp Lite USA-19HS Hi-Speed USB Serial Adapter, PC, MAC, supports Cisco Break Sequence

by Keyspan

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.2 x 1.6 inches ; 5.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000VYJRY
• Item model number: USA-19HS
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (256 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #8 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Networking Products > Hubs
  • #20 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Networking Products > Network Adapters > USB Network Adapters
  • #20 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Networking Products > Routers
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 30, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Do you need a cost-effective and reliable solution for connecting a serial device to your USB computer? Keypsan by Tripp Lite's USA-19HS USB High-Speed Serial Adapter is the easy way to add a serial port to a computer without the hassle of installing a serial card, turning off the PC or connecting an external power adapter. The USA-19HS draws power directly from your computer through the USB connection. Simply plug it into the USB port of your computer using the included cable, install the software and you're ready to connect a serial device. An LED shows adapter status and data activity at a glance. Featuring data transfer rates up to 230 Kbps, the USA-19HS can be used with any RS-232 serial device—modems, GPS devices, cell phones, hand-held scanners, point-of-sale systems, touch screens, medical and scientific instruments and more. The USA-19HS is broadly recommended by serial device manufacturers due to its dependability and "Best in Class" compatibility.

USA-19HS High-Speed USB to Serial Adapter Offers: Serial adapter allows a serial device to be connected to a USB computer Plug-and-play convenience—DB9 serial port is seen as a COM port by your computer No need for an external power adapter—draws power directly from your computer DB9 serial port supports data transfer rates up to 230 Kbps—twice the speed of a standard built-in serial port LED shows adapter status and data activity at a glance

Utilize Your Legacy Devices with New USB Technology
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Plug-and-Play Convenience
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Applications

The USA-19HS is ideal for home, business and educational venues where there is a need to connect a serial device to a desktop or notebook computer, such as data collection or point-of-sale applications. It is also ideal for connecting modems, fax modems or terminals to a server.

Key Features

Plug-and-Play Convenience

The USA-19HS is easy to use. Its DB9 serial port is seen as a COM port by your computer, and is available for use by any program that accesses COM ports. It provides a simple way to add a serial port to a PC without the hassle of installing a serial card, turning off the PC or configuring IRQs.

Bus Powered

There's no need for an external power adapter! The USA-19HS draws power directly from your computer via the USB connection.

High-Speed Data Transfer

The USA-19HS supports data transfer rates up to 230 Kbps—twice the speed of a standard built-in serial port.

LED Indicator

A green LED shows adapter status and data activity at a glance.

Detachable USB Cable

The USA-19HS comes with a 3-foot USB device cable to connect the serial adapter to the computer. The adapter will also work with any user-supplied USB cable up to 5 meters long.

Free Software Upgrades

Need to update the USA-19HS software? The process is quick and simple with free software downloads. Simply visit the USA-19HS product page on Tripp Lite's website, click on the Help & Downloads tab and select your desired software download.

Easy to Expand

Do you require multiple serial connections to a single computer? No problem! With the USA-19HS, you can connect multiple adapters to one computer, limited only by the number of available computer USB ports.

Technical Specifications

Keyspan by Tripp Lite's USA-19HS High-Speed USB to Serial Adapter

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Model:	USA-19HS
Connector A:	DB9 (MALE)
LEDs:	1 x Green (serial adapter status/activity)
Data Transfer Rate:	Up to 230 Kbps
Weight:	2 oz.
System Requirements:	(Windows®): Available USB port Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista 32-bit (Mac®): Available USB port Mac OS 8.6 or greater Mac OS X (10.2.8 or greater)

What's in the Box

• USA-19HS High-Speed USB to Serial Adapter
• 3-ft. USB Device Cable
• CD with Driver Software and User Guide

USB Serial Adapters Compared

	USA-19HS	Others
Serial Interface	RS-232 DB9	RS-232 DB9
Data Rate	230 Kbps	230 Kbps
Microsoft WHQL Certified	Yes	No
Serial Device Compatibility	Broad	Limited
Field Upgradable	Yes	No
Line Monitor/Data Trace	Yes	No
Configurable Data Handling	Yes	No
Detachable Cable	Yes	No

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Product Description

Looking for a way to connect your serial devices to a USB port on your PC? The Keyspan "High Speed" USB Serial Adapter is a simple, inexpensive, and reliable way to make this connection. The Adapter is ideal for use with modems, digital cameras, ISDN terminal adapters, graphics tablets, PDAs, bar code scanners, label printers and other serial devices which require an RS-232 connection.This "High Speed" USB Serial Adapter supports data rates up to 230 Kbps twice the speed of a standard PC serial port. It is 100% USB compliant and features simple "Plug and Play" installation (no IRQs). Ideal for laptops (it weighs just 2 oz.), the Adapter draws its power from the USB connection so no power adapter is required

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good, working product, January 19, 2006

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C. Wolf (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Keyspan by Tripp Lite USA-19HS Hi-Speed USB Serial Adapter, PC, MAC, supports Cisco Break Sequence (Personal Computers)

Installed the configuration software, plugged it in, and it worked immediately. I am using it with WinXP Service Pack 2, and it communicates great with a complex serial interface to an unusual piece of electronics I have, so its very compatible with "real" serial ports, unlike some other adapters I have tried that seem to only work with modems or PDA docks. The adapter as shipped is actually a small 1"x1.5"x3" box connected to your computer with a 3' USB cable that can be unplugged from it. It has a green LED on top to tell you when it is properly configured as well as when a program has opened that serial port and when it is passing data. Very functional and easy to use; the configuration software even includes tests to make sure the device is recognized and is properly communicating with your computer. The configuration software also ensures that the same COM port is assigned to the device, no matter which USB port on your computer you plug it into each time, unlike previous adapters I've had which created a different COM port each time you plugged the device into a different USB port (very annoying); the driver also has an option to behave like those other drivers, but most people will probably want to always have it act like the same COM port, the default.

40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works great with OS X, January 8, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Keyspan by Tripp Lite USA-19HS Hi-Speed USB Serial Adapter, PC, MAC, supports Cisco Break Sequence (Personal Computers)

I usually don't write-up reviews, but I am writing this to let those Mac OSX users (inc Panther which is what I am running) know that this adapter does work. I bought this for my Garmin etrex Legend GPS. I use it with my iBook and my Power Mac G4. It was a flawless installation. (1) I installed the Mac OS X drivers (2) told virtual PC to emulate COM 1 using the OS X driver, and (3) Download GPS map data to my GPS. It's that easy! Keyspan has good instructions to set up your serial devices.

39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars linux works just fine, May 27, 2004

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"mgidown" (Blacksburg, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Keyspan by Tripp Lite USA-19HS Hi-Speed USB Serial Adapter, PC, MAC, supports Cisco Break Sequence (Personal Computers)

Despite the first reviewers comments, the Keyspan 19HS works just fine with linux. The driver for the 19HS was included in the kernel source a while ago. Standard off-the-shelf kernels (2.4.24 and 2.6.5) work without any patches. In addition to regular usb support, my kernels also load the keyspan and usb-serial modules.

After executing "mknod /dev/ttyUSB0 c 188 0", I am happily communicating with Palms and GPSs using the new /dev/ttyUSB0 device.