USB to Serial cable (RS232) adapter RS-232 converter, connect a serial printer or other device to a USB port.
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USB to Serial cable (RS232) adapter RS-232 converter, connect a serial printer or other device to a USB port.
- Ideal way to connect RS232 devices; Label Printers, Mobile Phones
- Modems, Scanners, Digital Cameras, PDAs etc to a USB port
- USB specification revision 1.1&2.0 compliant
- Supports Rs232serial interface(DB25 or DB9)
- Compatable with Windows98/SE/ME/2000/XP
Ideal way to connect RS232 devices; Label Printers, Mobile Phones, Modems, Scanners, Digital Cameras, PDAs etc to a USB port.
USB specification revision 1.1&2.0 compliant
Supports Rs232serial interface(DB25 or DB9)
Supports over 1 Mbps data transfer rate
Supports remote wake-up and power management
Compatable with Windows98/SE/ME/2000/XP
Suitable for PDA and Modems
List Price: £9.99
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Works well but no instructions supplied,
I bought this from MHP Computer Services; given that this is a generic item, my comments might not apply those supplied by other vendors.
Although the item description doesn’t mention a driver CD, it did in fact come with a mini-CD in the packaging. But there were no instructions and the CD contained drivers for about a dozen different products, with no indication which was which.
Eventually I worked out that I needed to run “USB TO RS232.exe” in the directory “DRIVERDATA CABLE DRIVERUSB Interface Link DRIVERUSR2309A(PL-2303)” before plugging in the cable.
Then when you plug in the cable Windows automatically installs the correct drivers, and you can access the serial port. On my machine it was listed as COM4. You can see which port it’s using by going to Start->Settings->Control Panel->System->Hardware->Device Manager->Ports (COM & LPT) and looking for “Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port”.
So all-in-all a good product, once I got it working. But it loses a star for not having any installation instructions.
I hope my instructions help someone!
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|Working well under Windows 7 Home Premium (64 Bit),
Very happy with this cable which (after a bit of messing about) I now have working perfectly under Windows 7 64 bit.
Here’s what worked for me.
1. I couldn’t read the little driver CD on my computer so I just ignored it.
2. Pluged the cable in and let Windows try to find a driver from Windows Update. This failed, but then the Action Centre popped up and pointed me to a driver file on the Prolific website.
3. Downloaded “PL2303_Prolific_DriverInstaller_v1210.zip” as suggested by the Action centre. All installed OK, but on plugging the cable in I got a message “This device cannot start (code 10)”.
4. Ran the install again, and chose the “remove” option.
5. Visited the Prolific website and downloaded “PL2303_Prolific_DriverInstaller_v130.zip” which is the latest version. Installing this version produced exactly the same error as V1210, so I removed it too.
6. Using Google I found this site: http://www.akosta.dk/2010/12/problems-with-prolific-driver-solution/ which pointed me to http://www.cooldrives.com/lib/cooldrives/vista-prolific-chip-driver-for-serial-adapters.zip ;
7. With some trepidation I downloaded the file, virus checked it and ran the install. Install ran OK, so I plugged the cable in and it immediately started working perfectly !
Hopefully someone will find these instructions useful. The only reason I list the early steps is that they may work for you, and it’s always nicer to use a driver from the manufacturer rather than a third party. BUT… the “cooldrives.com” file worked for me !
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