TinderBox (UK)
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anybody know if they work.
I want to run a belkin serial ups on usb.
thanks.
I want to run a belkin serial ups on usb.
thanks.
anybody tried serial to usb convertor`s
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binky
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TinderBox (UK) said:
On a Mac I've set up a Keyspan converter to get a Mac point-of-sale package to open a serial-based cash drawer. It worked fine. Gotta load the drivers so you can pretend there's a modem (serial) port, of course, so it's not plug & play.
I'd expect the same functionality on the Windows side. This one's probably what you're thinking of?
TinderBox (UK)
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I ordered this one from ebay.
It cost me $9.00 delivered.
fingers crossed.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-to-Serial...6679918QQihZ019QQcategoryZ41995QQcmdZViewItem
regards.
It cost me $9.00 delivered.
fingers crossed.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-to-Serial...6679918QQihZ019QQcategoryZ41995QQcmdZViewItem
regards.
Lasernerd
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Yes they work good,I have two that I use all the time
Mike Painter
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I use one for my VX-7R and it worked seamlessly out of the box.
Others have not been so lucky.
My guess is that with the ebay ones there are a lot of failures and that's why the device is a buck and the shipping is $10.00.
I'd ask Belkin first.
Others have not been so lucky.
My guess is that with the ebay ones there are a lot of failures and that's why the device is a buck and the shipping is $10.00.
I'd ask Belkin first.
gorn
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I've had one for several years. I bought it to use one of my GPS units with a mapping program. Since then I've used it for a radio scanner PC interface connection. I have never had a problem with it. I have one scanner program that specifically says they won't work with a converter, but it in fact does.
Silviron
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I have one... pretty old in computer terms, I think I bought it 4 years ago, a "no name" brand out of Taiwan.
Only used it once, with an even older Lowrance GPS. It worked OK, although I had to install the adapter driver twice to get it to work.... Definitely wasn't plug and play.
Only used it once, with an even older Lowrance GPS. It worked OK, although I had to install the adapter driver twice to get it to work.... Definitely wasn't plug and play.
I have 2 of them. One is an IOGear brand and I use it all the time with my GPS and for programing Basic Stamp modules. The second is a Belkin and I have never been able to get it to work. I think it may be desined to only work with Palm Pilot hot sinc cradels.
BB
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I have one of those old Palm Brand USB/RS232 sync converters too... I can get it to work with my Garmin SPIII GPS (9600 baud IIRC), but I first had to set it up with my old Palm Vx. Once I did that, then it talked with the Garmin.
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was_jlh
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i've used a belkin usb->serial adapter for a couple of years, works great
