Cables To Go - 26886 - 13in USB To DB9 Male Serial Adapter | 
| Brand: Cables To Go
List Price: $28.35
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Rating:  54 reviews
Color: Blue
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Network Interface: USB
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 8 x 6 x 1
nv:Cable Type: USB to Serial Adapter
Cable Length (Feet): 1.0 ft
Cable Connector A: USB A
Cable Connector B: DB9 Male
Shielded: Yes
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 26886
Model: 26886
UPC: 757120268864
EAN: 0757120268864
ASIN: B000067RVJ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Fully compliant with USB specification v1.1 | | • | Supports uatomatic handshake modeqs |
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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.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 49 more reviews...
Works fine under XP, but is inanely slow March 22, 2003
Andy Chen (Santa Rosa, CA United States)
44 out of 46 found this review helpful
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.
 Works as advertised June 13, 2003
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
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.
Finally, a way to connect Windows XP to my PalmVX February 12, 2005
J. Cowan (Potomac, Maryland United States)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
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.
 It works with my Garmin GPS and MapSource (ONLY) April 29, 2005
PCgameOnly
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
I use this adapter to connect my laptop (Compaq Presario with Window XP) with a Garmin eTrex vista GPS. A small problem, it only works with the MapSource software but not with Microsoft Streets & Trips. Microsoft Streets & Trips just won't find the GPS with any communication protocol including NMEA and RTCM. It is not a problem for me, because I purchased the MapSource software. For poeple who wish to use Microsoft's map (mostly for free, mine come with my new pc), you have to try with some other combination.
 burned out my PICs... May 23, 2007
John Smith (United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Pros:
- Drivers work, windows recognizes device as a COM port, which was more than I expected
Cons:
- Have to manually install drivers, they say the CD will autorun - that is not the case, it is not even set up to autorun - you have to guess the directory and installation file.
- I was using this to program a PIC microcontroller, never had trouble via regular serial connection, switched to this and it burned out my PIC.
Conclusion:
- for more 'standard' applications this might work, but since it burned out my IC, there is clearly something that is not quite right with it. If you intend on doing anything that might not be mainstream with this, I'd look elsewhere.
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