Re: [SLUG] USB <-> serial cables

From: Chris Moore (cmoore@washpat.com)
Date: Thu May 10 2007 - 08:01:07 EDT


APC, the UPS company, sells a cable that has a DB9 connector on one end
and a USB on the other.
http://www.apcc.com/tools/cable_selector/index.cfm
Select the USB-B 1.1 male for the first connector and one of your
options for the second connector will be DB9.

Eben King wrote:
> Anybody used a USB <-> serial cable? I had this bright idea of
> hooking my UPS to the computer. I understand lots of nifty stuff can
> be accomplished through such a connection.
>
> Unfortunately, my UPS's cable is serial on both ends, and my
> computer's sole serial port is occupied by a modem. I looked aroung
> for a USB variant. Since the "S" in "USB" stands for "serial", I
> thought it shouldn't be too hard to find. Unfortunately, it was. The
> only USB cables I found had an RJ-45 on the other end.
>
> So, I figured I could put either the modem (it only gets Caller-ID
> data, so flow control and speed aren't that important) or the UPS
> (2400 BPS sez the manual, so ditto) on the USB <-> serial cable I
> have. But, I've never used it but once (and that was in The Other
> OS). Help?
>

-- 
Chris Moore
cmoore@washpat.com

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