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Rating 3.9 out of 5 stars with 99 reviews

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    Rating 3.6 out of 5 stars

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81%would recommend to a friend

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Customers enjoy how easy it is to install the 16" USB PDA/Serial Adapter Cable. They appreciate that it works as advertised and are pleased with the addition of the RS232 port. However, some customers have experienced compatibility issues and driver problems.

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  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Worked great, no issues

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Hooked up to an older time clock system when migrated from an old WinXP machine to Win7 with no serial port. Installed fine, device worked perfectly.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Purchased for Business

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works exactly as i needed it to. Setting up a remote monitor for industrial use off a laptop computer.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    worked as advertised

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    What can I say? Its a cable adapter.. it works just as its supposed to..it wasn't expensive... I'm satisfied and would recommend this.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Easy to set up and easy to use.

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I bought this cable in a pinch in Southern New Mexico. It was easy to set up and use. It's a great product at a great price.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Reliable cable for usb to serial

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Cable is used to connect to control panels for communication transmissions. Very reliable and quick connections are obtained.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    simple adapter

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    used this to connect a piece of equipment to computer instead of buying 125.00 specialty cable from manufacturer

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    What the Dr. ordered

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    just exactly what I needed allows me to link the two devices without having to resort to multiple adaptors

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    adapter cable

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Needed a cable to reset some equipment I had with my computer. This cable did what I needed to do.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works as expected

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    I needed a serial connection on my newer laptop. This USB to serial converted works great!!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Hard to find part for old laptop

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I was looking for a hard to find part to make interface to ham radio. You had one in stock.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Just what I needed

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Needed an adapter to program my trunking scanner via my laptop, this works perfectly.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Product

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    This is a Great Product! I would definitely recommend to a friend.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great to find a need product locally and reasonabl

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Sort of an odd-ball product.....was thrilled to not have to mail order it

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great product. performed as advertised

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    Product performed as advertised. Driver self installed on Windows 7.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Not for the beginner

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Purchased this product to connect a monitor to a laptop. Ended up taking it back - pin size to small.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Didn't work

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I bought two of these for a KVM application where the KVM equipment only had ports for serial signals and the PCs only had USB ports. They didn't work in my application. I bought some from ATEN and they worked.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    not for a legend garmin..

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    Didn't come with a cd or way to get my comp to know its there, didn't look for a working program.. doesn't even know its there no looking for a driver !!! my comps only a year old..

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Bought the wrong one

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Trying to hook an old monitor up to a new computer. This piece however did not work for what we needed... but its my fault, not theirs!

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Wasn't able to use

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    It was not able to be used. It needed a female end and with three rows of holes, not two.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Compatibility, Driver issues

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Functional Adapter

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    When I purchased this, it came with a driver disk. I installed it onto my XP Pro computer. It worked great on the first thing that I tried, which was my CarChip (www.carchip.com). It would not work on my Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition DF1 program from SourceForge.Net. After exploring around, I noticed that in Device Manager, the description was "Prolific USB-to-Serial" and this was in the Manual.PDF also. I searched on the web and found a more recent driver. The site was http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/download.asp and then select "USB to I/O Port Controllers". Now find the "PL-2303 USB to Serial Bridge Controller" (second section from the top) and then select the "PL-2302 Software and Drivers". At the top of the page click on the "wd_pl2303_v20019v2028.zip" and save it to your computer. Unzip or explore into this file to find the "PL-2303 Driver Installer.exe" and run this program. After it installs, you will have to re-boot and now all should work great. Mine sure did.

    I would recommend this to a friend