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USB to Serial RS232 /DB9 Cable/Adapter
Item Number 192-287-001
 $9.99  sale: $2.99
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2 Pack  Item Number 192-287-002
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3 Pack  Item Number 192-287-003
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Currently Unavailable Availability: Ship in 2-5 days via Hong Kong Air Mail. Most customers receive within two weeks.

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USB to RS232 /DB 9 Cable

This innovative USB to Serial adapter offers a professional grade solution for connecting legacy or industrial RS232 serial devices to a laptop or desktop computer through USB - eliminating the expense of upgrading serial peripherals for compatibility.
A time-saving and convenient USB/Serial solution, the adapter retains assigned serial COM port values in nonvolatile memory, allowing the same values to automatically be assigned to the adapter serial port if disconnected and reconnected, or disconnected from one USB port and installed in another.

Specifications:
  • Device Type: Serial adapter
  • Form Factor: External
  • Interface (Bus) Type: USB
  • Networking
  • Connectivity Technology: Wired
  • Data Link Protocol :RS-232
  • Data Transfer Rate: 1 Mbps
  • Expansion / Connectivity
  • Interfaces: 1 x serial - RS-232 - 9 pin D-Sub (DB-9)
  • Connections: 1 x USB - 4 pin USB Type A
  • Miscellaneous
  • Software / System Requirements
  • Microsoft Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP
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    Very cheap and works very well and reliably as a USB2.0 to RS-232 bridge (including hardware handshake). After extensive goggling, found documentation (http://wch-ic.com/product/index.asp) for the WinChipHead CH340/CH341 and the driver CH341SER.EXE ( http://wch.cn/download/list.asp?id=65). Would have rated higher but no docs were included and found out much later that the XCS driver CD was hidden between the cardboard packaging.
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    		Satisfied user on 8/26/2009
    Product was exactly what was expected. The only complaint was slwo shipping, but it WAS coming from HK, so a little delay should be expected I suppose
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    		Matt F on 8/15/2009
    Product is listed as compatible with MacOS 8.6 or later. It will not work with my iMac Core2Duo OS X 10.5.7. I've been searching online for drivers, but all of the sites state this device is for Windows use only. Keep in mind I have not contacted Meritline.com for any return, compensation, or service yet. So take that into consideration when reading this review.
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    		Richard in St. Cloud, MN on 8/14/2009
    Worked great. Plugged into USB port, installed software, connected serial device to it, success. Only paid $4.99 on sale with free shipping but still worth the $9.99 price now. It came direct from Hong Kong, in about two weeks.
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    		autotran on 8/14/2009
    Could not get the drivers to work on Windows 64bit...
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    		Jay G on 8/13/2009
    Good product. Thank you
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    		Quang Le on 8/13/2009
    For those with Macs that are having problems, get the gimp print extension
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    		Colin in Canada on 11/23/2009
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    Does exactly what it is supposed to and can't get for any less cost anywhere.
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    		T. Utech on 1/26/2010
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    Works great. However, go find and download the drivers from Prolific PL-2303 and google for ser2pl.sys. Saved me a couple times already. Works in Windows XP and 7 and Ubunutu 9.04/.10
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    		FREDERICK FRIEDMAN-ROMELL on 1/25/2010
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    Works as advertised. Very pleased.
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    		Allen Ledbetter on 1/23/2010
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    Works great
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    		Allen Ledbetter on 1/23/2010
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    Surprisingly effective. I added this to a netbook that did not have bluetooth. It was recognized immediately. It disappears onto the side of the netbook. It works as it should.
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    		PGardner on 1/17/2010
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    Does not work on a motherboard with a RS232 port operating with Windows XP. Will work with a newer computer without a RS232 port.
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    		James Hanson on 1/17/2010
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    Will not work on a motherboard with a RS232 port operating Windows XP. Does work with a newer computer that does not have a RS232 port.
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    		James Hanson on 1/17/2010
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    Bought 3, didn't ship for almost a week (previous Meritline orders have been very fast), and all 3 defective. Bad manufacturing run?... ports register, drivers fine, but no I/O. Console app even sees serial line go hi, but don't get usable connection. Tried on multiple PCs with Windows and Linux, all same results. One of three purchased also had bad solder or bad wire, as would fail when it was giggled. Very disappointing, and probably going to cost more than it's worth to ship back unless they'll just send me replacements and I can throw these away.
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    		Darrell Fixler on 1/15/2010
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    Driver does not work with windows XP
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    		James Hanson on 1/9/2010
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    Good. USB shows up as a COM port, which is what I wanted it to do.
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    		Eric Wilson on 12/19/2009
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    I needed this for a Linux system. It doesn't work with the EL5 2.6.18 kernel version, but it works great with more recent kernel versions.
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    		Herbert van den Bergh on 12/18/2009
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    could not get it to work on windows 7 64 bit. Pretty useless for me right now until drivers are available.
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    		Minh Thich on 12/18/2009
    Meritline.com Verified Buyer
    I bought 4 of these to use with laptops to connect to serial test equipment and CNC controls. One was DOA, but as usual, Meritline immediately credited that one. All the others worked well. Meritline is an excellent company with great deals. They have always stood behind any products which came in defective.
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    		Bob Gilson on 12/18/2009
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