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3 foot Dual Port USB 2.0 to Serial Adapter FT2232D Chip with Power RX and TX LED This USB to Serial dual RS232 port converter cable utilizing the high performance FTDI CHIP easily adds 2 standard serial ports to your desktop, laptop or other mobile device.
Serial outputs are automatically configured as additional COM ports. Compatible with most GPS and PDA devices (Garmin, Mallagan, Palm), modems, printers, scanners, digital cameras and office equipment. This converter cable has protection against static electricity and surges up to 15KV which gives you reliable data transfers and protects the converter and your equipment from damage due to over voltages.
Product Details:
USB Plug and Play allows easy installation and requires no IRQ, DMA, or I/O port resources which means more devices can be attached to your system without the hassles of device and resource conflicts. This adapter is suitable for general office usage as well as commercial and industrial applications. The FTDI and SIPEX CHIP Powered by USB, the device does not require a power outlet.
Additional Specifications:
USB interface: standard Type A female
Baud rates up to 921.600bps
Dual 16 Byte hardware data buffer (up/down stream)
No IRQs, DMA or required. No IRQ Conflicts
Automatic handshake support
Cable Length: 3 feet
OS Support:
Windows 98, Me, XP, 2000, 2003, CE, Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8
Linux and Mac OS 10.X
Package Contents:
36 Inch Dual Port USB 2.0 to Serial RS-232 Adapter
Driver Disc for all operating systems
Jason
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2024
Worked out of the box with Linux. Great product.
Expedition
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2022
I plugged this into a old 486, and now it doesn't send/receive anymore.No activity LEDs on receive or send. Needs better protection.
Adrian Rizeanu
Reviewed in Canada on February 12, 2020
RELIABLE, TKS.
Mark M.
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2019
Sometimes it just helps to be able console into 2 devices at once. Esp when troubleshooting or configuring an offline stack or redundant pair. This adapter has worked well for me.
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on March 23, 2017
Great
bimmerite
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2017
Use this for work quite often. As a network engineer, there's lots of times I need to be connected to two console ports at the same time. Saves USB ports on my laptop.I can also leave these plugged in and the laptop running overnight. Had other individual ones that burned out leaving them running overnight.Finally, since it uses the FTDI chipset, Mac drivers are readily available work flawlessly and the ports show up with names that actually make sense.One tip: On my Mac, I installed 2 copies of Zterm and left 1 named 'Zterm' and the other 'Zterm 2'. This allows me to have two console sessions operating simultaneously. No problems.
Ramesh
Reviewed in India on January 3, 2017
Just works with ease!. The CD that was included contains very old drivers. I downloaded the latest drivers and it worked instantly.
WA8LMF
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2013
After years of struggling with buggy drivers and erratic configurations of these devices, especially ones based on the Prolific Tech chip set (as most of the inexpensive USBI use the device to connect legacy serial-interface GPS hardware and two-way radio modems to a laptop in my car. This is a notoriously noisy electrical environment, with all the electrical/electronic devices, alternator hash, etc. This device has been absolutely rock solid with none of the hiccups, random disconnects, etc I've had with other such cables.Getting two serial ports for the cost of one USB port is a bonus, especially on netbooks with their limited supply of USB ports.
Kindle Customer
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2012
I work on tech and it requires a console connection to do the basic setup/troubleshooting. This sucker did a fantastic job and allows me to connect to multiple systems at the same time. The console ports are clearly marked, so their is no confusion about which cable is which port. It doesn't slow down the response, either. I have seen some cables that split the connectivity so that you get 10-20 lines from one cable, then 10-20 lines from the other.So, long and the short is that it works and does it easily. I mainly use a Mac, so I can provide OSX approval and confirmation of working. If you really press, I could provide iTerm2 settings that I use to capture my console logs and tell it to grab the ports for serial.This same cable is now the standard cable to be purchased if anyone asks me. So, I would say go for it, if you need a dual-serial connection. It's good and it works.
TechGuy
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2012
I bought this product based on the other recommendations. I'm using some older products that don't have USB ports. The product is well built. While I'm using this product under Windows Ultimate x64, I was pleasantly surprised that the driver CD came with drivers for all sorts of other systems (Mac, Linux, even drivers for developers under Windows CE!). After installing the drivers, it worked right off the bat on my system, and it didn't even change the COM port assignments when I plugged into other USB ports. That in itself is a big win. The cables are quite long, and I was able to ditch some of my extensions. The FTDI chipset simply rocks.
Incline Village Business Owner
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2012
I hadn't been in the market for USB->Serial for some time. I had been quite happy with the Keyspan product. I have the HS-19 and USA=49WG four port models. They worked great until I updated to Win7 64 Bit. They worked great under Win7/32. Suddenly, I was chasing BSOD (Blue Screen of Death). After finding that the Keyspan drivers were the culprit, I went to get new drivers. Keyspan has been acquired by Tripp Lite. They list the drivers as supporting Win7/64 - but they don't.. The driver date is 2007 - well before Windows 7. So.. time to change.I heard that FTDI had great support. I really wanted a four port device, with female receptacles. This two-port cabled device was as close as I could get. So I do have a bit more of a cable mess than with Keyspan 49, the BSOD is gone.The software is intuitive and integrated into Win7. I have two of these devices (4 ports total). They have serial numbers built in. So, when I move them around to different USB ports, they always come up with the same COM number. Not all drivers do this. Some report a different com port when plugged into a different USB port. It is much nicer to be able to label each of the connectors as COMxx instead of having to go to device manager each time I power up.I am using 115,200 bps, but plan to move to faster speeds as I qualify my embedded device.
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