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

Keyspan High Speed USB Serial Adapter ( USA-19HS ) | Linux compatible, Good Quality

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highly recommended

Finally!!!

This adapter works PERFECTLY with my Garmin eTrex Legend GPSr! I have tried many others with no success and was about ready to concede defeat, but thank goodness for a referral to this product from a fellow geocacher.
Try this one first, don't waste time and money with anything else. Another plus is the super fast shipping time, I ordered it on Monday and received it Thursday, even with the free shipping from Amazon!!!
THANKS KEYSPAN for a wonderful product, that works!

Linux compatible, Good Quality

I purchased this cable for work to configure routers and other devices via serial port. Works well in conjunction with the Cisco blue serial cable.

The cable assembly is of good quality and consists of two parts, the USB to serial adapter, and a standard USB A to B cable. This design is quite nice as you can unplug the adapter from the cable for compact storage/transport without having to bend the cable at the adapter to cable interface. In addition, you can replace the USB cable with a longer one if necessary. This two part design is probably why this cable costs a bit more than some of the other cables. The cable also has a non-obtrusive green LED which blinks when it is idle, and is solid when there is communication.

I've used this cable on both Linux and Windows XP (it also comes for drivers for Mac OS X 10.2.8 or greater and MacOS 8.6-9.x). This adapter is plug-and-play support for Linux (Fedora Core 6) without needing to install any drivers! This is a major plus in my book. Once you plug it in, the serial port is available as /dev/ttyUSB0 (type 'dmesg' after you plug it in to see what device file it is associated with).

I also got it working relatively easily with Windows XP by first installing the driver from CD, then plugging the device into the USB port. After installing the driver, Windows XP menus became a bit erratic (transparent when I clicked on the menu and I was unable to see the menu items), so I did a reboot and it worked fine after that. I don't know if this is related to the driver installation but it is the first time I ever saw this behavior. In Hyperterminal, The adapter showed up as COM5. You can figure out the COM port to use by launching the device manager (right click on "My Computer" ->Properties ->Hardware tab -> Device Manager). Go down to Ports (COM & LPT), and Keyspan USB Serial Port should have the com port in parenthesis (COM5 in my case).

This adapter was well worth the price and it shipped for free on Amazon.

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Works great with serial Palms and new PCs

I bought this after Palm's own PalmConnect USB Kit failed to operate with my new Sony VAIO laptop with WinXP Media Center Edition 2005. The Keyspan adapter worked perfectly without any adjustment. Had there been any problems, the keyspan adapter included diagnostic tools and a helpful manual. This seems like a best in its class product. I would advise that anyone with an older model Palm and a computer without serial ports try this product first.

excellent product

Works as advertised and works really well. I purchased it to provide a serial port for a Virtual windows machine running inside Mac OS X. I used to have issues with other products, but not this one.

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