The USB converter is housed in a strong molded enclosure designed for use in rugged application areas . USB adds a Windows serial Com port via it's USB connection and can be configured to work with RS-232 peripherals such as POS and Industrial Control devices. USB Plug and Play allows easy serial port expansion and requires no IRQ, DMA, or I/O port resources. It supports data transfer rates of up to 230 thousand bps. No external power supply is required as USB converter takes its power from the USB bus. USB to Serial Adaptor RoHS Compliant. Works with Windows VISTA! Virtual COM port (VCP) drivers cause the USB device to appear as an additional COM port available to the PC. Application software can access the USB device in the same way as it would access a standard COM port. Our drivers are "signed" by Microsoft! Provides a single DB-9 serial port for connecting to: PDA devices ... Modems... ISDN-TA... Digital Cameras... Standard Serial Devices Barcode Readers... Card Reader... Palm II&V... Graphic Tablets Label Printers... Plugs into a USB port on Windows 98/ME/2K/XP! PC Draws its power from the USB connection ... a power adapter is not required Supports data rates up to 230.0 Kbps Works with all popular brands of PDAs Provides one RS-232 male DB9 port for direct connection to a PDA cradle or synchronization cable. Now you can easily connect your Magellan GPS receiver to the USB port of your desktop or mobile PC with this DB-9 to USB adapter cable. Magellan data cable accessories come standard with a DB-9 connector, compatible with the DB-9 port on your computer. If your computer does not come equipped with a DB-9 port, simply plug-in this USB serial accessory adapter and connect your Magellan GPS receiver via your USB port to download maps and other software. The PL-2303 USB to Serial adapter is your smart and convenient accessory for connecting RS-232 serial devices to your USB-equipped Windows host computer. It provides a bridge connection with a standard DB 9-pin male serial port connector in one end and a standard Type-A USB plug connector on the other end. You simply attach the serial device onto the serial port of the cable and plug the USB connector into your PC USB port. It allows a simple and easy way of adding serial connections to your PC without having to go thru inserting a serial card and traditional port configuration. This USB to Serial adapter is ideal for connecting modems, cellular phones, PDAs, digital cameras, card readers and other serial devices to your computer. It provides serial connections up to 1Mbps of data transfer rate. And since USB does not require any IRQ resource, more devices can be attached to the system without the previous hassles of device and resource conflicts. Finally, the PL-2303 USB to Serial adapter is a fully USB Specification compliant device and therefore supports advanced power management such as suspend and resume operations as well as remote wakeup. The PL-2303 USB Serial cable adapter is designed to work on all Windows operating systems. Features & Specifications