[PLUG] your favorite rs232-to-USB converter?
Larry Brigman
larry.brigman at gmail.com
Wed Apr 9 04:45:35 UTC 2008
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 9:00 PM, Russell Senior
<russell at personaltelco.net> wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> Please take a moment to point out your favorite rs232-serial-to-usb
> converter cable (and/or device). Note I am talking about "regular"
> rs232, not TTL voltages. Must have good linux support. There is a
> bonus for a device not based on the pl2303 chip, since I've already
> got one of those in the system I am designing and I'd like to be able
> to distinguish them easily. A model number and your vendor/source
> would be helpful as well. Additional bonuses for: inexpensive (<
> $25); and local sources.
>
Devices with FTDI chipset. These include Keyspan and others.
I plugged a Keyspan USB to serial device into one of our
Redhat 9 boxes and it showed up and loaded the correct drivers
without prompting.
I haven't found one locally but I do have a link.
http://usbgear.com/computer_cable_details.cfm?sku=USB-1S1PQ&cats=199&catid=199
or
http://usbgear.com/computer_cable_details.cfm?sku=USBG-232&cats=199&catid=199%2C461%2C106%2C1009%2C601
I have used this device but it is more expensive than what you might
want.
http://usbgear.com/computer_cable_details.cfm?sku=USBG-8COM-M&cats=199&catid=494%2C199%2C474%2C2345%2C1009
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