Cables To Go - 26886 - 18in USB To DB9 Male Serial Adapter

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 6 x 1 inches ; 1.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000067RVJ
• Item model number: 26886
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 1, 2002

Product Description

Product Description

The USB to DB9 Serial Adapter from Cables To Go provides the connection between USB and the traditional RS-232 serial port. The adapter is designed for connections to Cellular phone, PDA, digital cameras, modems, or ISDN terminal adapters through your USB port with over 230 kbps data transfer rate. Since the adapter uses no IRQs, it is perfect if you need many serial devices attached to your PC.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

48 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works fine under XP, but is inanely slow, March 21, 2003

By	Andy Chen (Santa Rosa, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I had to load the XP drivers off the included driver CD, but otherwise, this adapter works perfectly fine.

PROS:
I had searched high and low for such an adapter so the fact that it exists is a big plus. The other plus is that it works perfectly fine. I think nearly all of the USB to serial adapters out there require you to load some type of driver first.

Also, this driver has a blue light (maybe an LED?) on it to let you know it's hooked in properly. The light didn't go on at first, but did once I loaded the drivers.

CONS:
The connection is very slow --- 9600 bps. I'm not sure if this is specific to this adapter or to all USB/Serial adapters.

My other complaint is that the driver put the adapter on COM port 9 (COM9) for some reason. I had to go under control panel and change it to COM1 before the adapter worked.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works as advertised, June 12, 2003

By	"i_wear_square_pants" (St. Louis, MO United States) - See all my reviews

This items works fine for me under XP Home on my laptop. Comes with easy to follow instructions and a CD with the drivers. The blue LED glows when connected, glows brighter when a serial device is connected, and flashes as data is transferred between USB and serial. I did quite a bit of research trying to find a USB to serial solution - I am very happy with my choice.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, a way to connect Windows XP to my PalmVX, February 11, 2005

By	J. Cowan "proudmom1" (Potomac, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I originally bought an IOGEAR USB Serial adapter but after numerous attempts at installing drivers, changing Ports, searching for information on IOGEARS technical site, I gave up hope to get my Palm Vx connected to my new Windows XP computer. I decided to buy my second adapter (Cables To Go) after I read reviews from Amazon that this one DID work with XP. I got it and after some minor computer adjustments it works. And the information given with this Adapter is so much clearer then the IOGEARs one. I can finally HotSync. YES! I am very pleased.