Sabrent SBT-USC6M Hi-Speed USB 2.0 to Serial (9-pin) DB-9 RS-232 Adapter Cable (BLUE) by SABRENT
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Digital camera reviews of Sabrent SBT-USC6M Hi-Speed USB 2.0 to Serial (9-pin) DB-9 RS-232 Adapter Cable (BLUE)
Digital camera Review: Works for me!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am using these to connect my laptop to my meade telescope through the autostar 497, and to control the remote shutter release cable for my rebel XT. I can say that after many nights of use under the stars, all is well. They seem to stay on the com port they start in as long as they end up in the same physical USB port. This makes configuration in Maxim DL and MaximDSLR much easier.
Pros:
There is a lot of concern in astronomy circles about which of these things work well. I can say this particular one does.
Cons:
Be careful with letting XP pick the driver. If you let it choose, you may end up with a driver that looks right, but isnt. I have this friend see... :)
Digital camera Review: Works just as Amazon.com described - Nifty!
Summary: 5 Stars
Desperate, I managed to locate this product on Amazon.com, and after consulting a couple of tech-type friends, decided to give it a try.
Net result: problem solved!
My "ancient" Palm IIIxe has a cradle that requires what I now know to be a serial connection to a computer. I thought all computers had these corresponding connections - not so. My new desktop has only USB connections. Hrumph.
My Palm has been an orphan for several months, but this spiffy little cable has joined my dusty old Palm cradle and my shiny new computer, allowing me to once again sync all of my handheld data with the desktop. Huzzah!
If your older Palm machine can't connect to your new computer, this cable might just solve your problem, too.
The other reviewers are correct: there's scant info of any sort in the "no-brand" package, and the mini CD was useless. It did nothing as far as I could tell.
My installation: I connected the cable to a USB port, and Windows Vista immediately began "installing" the cable. It automatically searched online at Windows Update (always scary) and apparently found an appropriate driver. It downloaded and installed the driver all on its own, and in a matter of seconds, my new cable was ready to connect to my old Palm cradle. Voila. :)
Bottom line: Works just as advertised, hasn't whipped across the room and hurt anyone, nor has it exploded, nor laughed at my poor spelling and typing, nor offended me in any way!
Digital camera Review: Works w/Vista, docs & support are pitiful
Summary: 4 Stars
The product packaging and accompanying software looks shoddy--no brand name, or contact information of any kind; not even a web site or a copyright notice. The mini-CD directory is skimpy and confusing in regard to Vista installs. When something didn't work, I finally discovered email by searching for the purchased product on the web--the email response was unhelpful in the extreme.
HOWEVER, I figured out the problem (another program was trying to use the same port), and in general Vista had no problems with installing and managing the device. In summary, it does exactly what I needed it to do, and so far with no problems.
Digital camera Review: Works well does what it needs too
Summary: 4 Stars
Serial ports are getting rare and hard to come buy on the average computer. So we converted our serial cables at our Survey office to USB. This works quite well though some archaic systems will insist on talking directly to the serial COM port which won't work. However using hyper terminal worked just fine for downloading data off HP48gxDigital camera Review: Works with Vista
Summary: 4 Stars
Bought this to connect my telescope drive cable to my laptop. Meade wanted well over 40 for basically the same cable! All the information you may need is in the reviews. Amazon rocks!