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TRENDnet USB to Serial Converter TU-S9 (Blue)

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Average Customer Rating:	4.5
Brand:	Trendware Usa
Model:	TU-S9
Color:	blue
Weight:	0.35 pounds
Dimensions:	6.75 inches x 9 inches x 2 inches [Width x Length x Height]

Product Categories

Networking Products; USB Cables; Accessories & Supplies; Electronics: International Shipping Available; USB; PC; Mac

Product description

This USB to Serial converter allows you to connect a RS-232 serial device such as a modem to a USB port on your Desktop or Laptop PC.

Features

Product Type - Converter

Warranty - 2 years

OS Compliant - Windows 98SE/ME/2000/2003/XP

Cable Length - 6.9 cm (27 inches)

Customer reviews

« Perfect for Celestron NexStar Telescopes and Ubuntu Lucid Lynx »

I ordered (also from Amazon) a Celestron 4 SE "GOTO" telescope and a few accessories for it. Due to the fact that NexStar scopes still use serial connections and most new laptops only have USB ports, this item was a necessity. After booting into Linux and connecting the adapter, I typed "dmesg | grep tty" to confirm that it was working, and it was. After entering the result ("/dev/ttyUSB0") into Stellarium's (excellent, free planetarium software) telescope plug-in, I was able to click on Jupiter in Stellarium and have the scope move to put it into view.

As an added note, Windows Vista (which I seldom use) required that I download the driver from TrendNet, as it couldn't locate a driver on its own.

Rating: (5 out of 5) @ 2010-09-03

« Finally a RS232 adapter that opens up more ports »

This is going to be short. Installation is simple. Its just like any other hardware setup. first you install the driver with the CD provided, and then plug it in to the USB. This is the only 1 out of 3 that I had that would open up port 1 and a few more between port 1-4. With others that I have, you have to plug it in to the correct USB port to get at least one of the port between 1-4 which I need for my diagnostic tool. With this one, I can place it in any USB port and I still get a port which I can use. Awesome product.This is a must. BTW, Im running Windows XP.

Rating: (5 out of 5) @ 2010-09-02

« Didn't work »

I bought this cable to transfer routes from my Garmin Rino 120 to my computer because my computer doesn't have a serial port but it didn't work. I tried it on three computers, my Mac, a PC with Vista and a PC with XP and it didn't recognize the cable or install. I couldn't find where it installed it even though it said it was installed. I've transferred information from the GPS before with other people's cables, so I know it wasn't the GPS. Extremely disappointed.

Rating: (1 out of 5) @ 2010-09-01

« Works perfectly »

I've been using this product for a couple of months now with both Mac OS X and Linux, and it works perfectly. Minicom has been able to communicate over RS232 without any problems, and the device has worked out of the box for linux. On the Mac it worked with a single driver install and reboot, then the OS saw it as a device in /dev just like in Linux. Again, minicom worked perfectly for this.