IOGEAR USB 9 Pin Serial Adapter

Average customer rating: 3.5

Works well, but low power output
IOGEAR USB 9 Pin Serial Adapter
Good product
It does work with XP
The Only Serial Adapter That Works With Virtual PC

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IOGEAR USB 9 Pin Serial Adapter

Manufacturer: IOGEAR
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000067VB7

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Product Description

Allows connection of Serial Devices into a Macintosh or PC that has a USB port / Works with Digital Cameras, Organizers, Modems

Customer Reviews:

Works well, but low power output.......2007-05-09

The GUC232A puts out +&- 6 volts at low current--probably CMOS current levels. It is quite satisfactory for equipment with buffered interfaces, including LSTTL buffers.

It will barely light an LED. So it is NOT satisfactory with LED monitors in the serial line. It is NOT satisfactory to use with homemade interfaces to drive LED optoisolators, such as amateur radio push-to-talk (PTT) curcuits UNLESS that optoisolator has a Darlington transistor. A single-transistor optoisolator will NOT turn on well enough.

Ham radio operators will especially not have enough current to use the CUG232A to drive a Hamcom interface, which uses 4 diodes to rectify certain RS-232 outputs to produce +&- 5 volts for a 741 op amp. Any op amp should get its supply somewhere else.

The GUC232A has a tendency to come back as a different Comm port each time you change USB ports. It has also changed Comm port number upon restarting the computer. However it may settle down when I'm through experimenting. It has stayed at COM5 for several cycles when left in the same USB port. No drivers are needed for Windows XP. Drivers are supplied on CD for Win 98 SE but not for Linux. I don't rate it perfect because it is only a low-power version of a conventional serial port.

IOGEAR USB 9 Pin Serial Adapter.......2007-04-10

This adapter performs as promised and has been in use since it was delivered, Good product

Good product.......2007-01-18

Works great, no problems with speed or communication. Been up and running for about a month.

It does work with XP.......2006-08-31

We downloaded the latest version of the driver form the ATEN website (UC-232A) it's version 1.5 and now doesn't blue screen as soon as we shutdown the application readin it.

The Only Serial Adapter That Works With Virtual PC.......2006-08-07

There are two Windows applications that I need to use (Garmin GPS software and Accu-Chek Diabetes software) and I own a non-Intel Mac with Virtual PC. I had originally purchased a USB to Serial Adapter from Garmin, but Virtual PC could never recognize the GPS or Accu-Chek hardware. I was beginning to think that I would have to buy a new Intel Mac so I could run Mac OS X and Windows XP without an emulater. I did some research on the web and found someone who said that this IOGear Adapter was the only one that worked with Virtual PC and he was correct. I can now have Virtual PC connect to my GPS and Accu-Chek hardware and it is wonderful. If you own a non-Intel Mac and you are trying to find a USB to Serial adapter that works with Virtual PC then this is the ONLY choice and when the time comes that you do buy an Intel Mac then this adapter will still work for you.

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