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Keyspan High Speed USB Serial Adapter ( USA-19HS )

By admin On January 28, 2010 Under Gadget Deals, New Gadget Reviews

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Keyspan High Speed USB Serial Adapter ( USA-19HS )
 
Manufacturer: KeySpan
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List Price: $30.99
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Product Description
Looking for a way to connect your serial devices to a USB port on your PC? The Keyspan "High Speed" USB Serial Adapter is a simple, inexpensive, and reliable way to make this connection. The Adapter is ideal for use with modems, digital cameras, ISDN terminal adapters, graphics tablets, PDAs, bar code scanners, label printers and other serial devices, which require an RS-232 connection.This "High Speed" USB Serial Adapter supports data rates up to 230 Kbps - twice the speed of a standard PC serial port. It is 100% USB compliant and features simple "Plug and Play" installation (no IRQs). Ideal for laptops (it weighs just 2 oz.), the Adapter draws its power from the USB connection so no power adapter is required.This product is designed for the following systems:NEC MobilePro P300;Toshiba e740;Serial PDAs from Palm, Blackberry, Compaq, HP, Casio, Psion, and others;Digital Cameras;Modems;Wacom Intuos and ArtZ II Tablets;GPS devices;ISDN terminal adapters;Mobile phones with serial connection;Hand held scanners;RS-232 instrumentation used in POS, data acquisition and process control applications.

Product Details
  • Serial adapter allows a serial device to be connected to a USB computer
  • Plug-and-play convenience¿DB9 serial port is seen as a COM port by your computer, and is available for use by any program that accesses COM ports
  • No need for an external power adapter¿draws power directly from your computer via the USB connection
  • DB9 serial port supports data transfer rates up to 230 Kbps¿twice the speed of a standard built-in serial port
  • LED shows adapter status and data activity at a glance

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Customer Reviews
Good, working product
 
Review Date: January 19, 2006
Reviewer: C. Wolf, Houston, TX USA
Installed the configuration software, plugged it in, and it worked immediately. I am using it with WinXP Service Pack 2, and it communicates great with a complex serial interface to an unusual piece of electronics I have, so its very compatible with "real" serial ports, unlike some other adapters I have tried that seem to only work with modems or PDA docks. The adapter as shipped is actually a small 1"x1.5"x3" box connected to your computer with a 3' USB cable that can be unplugged from it. It has a green LED on top to tell you when it is properly configured as well as when a program has opened that serial port and when it is passing data. Very functional and easy to use; the configuration software even includes tests to make sure the device is recognized and is properly communicating with your computer. The configuration software also ensures that the same COM port is assigned to the device, no matter which USB port on your computer you plug it into each time, unlike previous adapters I've had which created a different COM port each time you plugged the device into a different USB port (very annoying); the driver also has an option to behave like those other drivers, but most people will probably want to always have it act like the same COM port, the default.
linux works just fine
 
Review Date: May 28, 2004
Reviewer: , Blacksburg, VA United States
Despite the first reviewers comments, the Keyspan 19HS works just fine with linux. The driver for the 19HS was included in the kernel source a while ago. Standard off-the-shelf kernels (2.4.24 and 2.6.5) work without any patches. In addition to regular usb support, my kernels also load the keyspan and usb-serial modules.

After executing "mknod /dev/ttyUSB0 c 188 0", I am happily communicating with Palms and GPSs using the new /dev/ttyUSB0 device.

Works great with OS X
 
Review Date: January 8, 2004
Reviewer: ,
I usually don't write-up reviews, but I am writing this to let those Mac OSX users (inc Panther which is what I am running) know that this adapter does work. I bought this for my Garmin etrex Legend GPS. I use it with my iBook and my Power Mac G4. It was a flawless installation. (1) I installed the Mac OS X drivers (2) told virtual PC to emulate COM 1 using the OS X driver, and (3) Download GPS map data to my GPS. It's that easy! Keyspan has good instructions to set up your serial devices.
Lets my Mac OS X iBook talk to my GPS
 
Review Date: January 3, 2004
Reviewer: ,
I bought this to hook up my Garmin eTrex GPS to my iBook running OS X. It did what it says. I transfer data back and forth without a problem. I use it with National Geographics TOPO map program also available at Amazon.
Connect Garmin eTrex to Mac so you can use TOPOS
 
Review Date: June 4, 2005
Reviewer: M. Carter, Portland, Oregon USA
After trying other USB to Serial Adaptors to get a Garmin eTrex Summit to communicate with an iMac, I am happy to report this one works flawless. (You will need also the Garmin serial connector)

Now you won't have to suffer Windows to use TOPOS with your Garmin.

Want to connect your Garmin eTrex to a Mac so you can use TOPOS, this works, some others don't. (Have not checked this with Tiger, can't think of a reason it would not work)
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