[geeks] Suggestions for USB to serial adapter?

Cody Swanson mailinglists at sysop.ca
Thu Aug 20 11:56:43 CDT 2009


Joshua Boyd wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:41:24PM -0600, Cody Swanson wrote:
>> Make sure it can send a break signal! A lot of the cheaper ones can't. I  
>> bought a belkin one and it works great except it can't send a break so  
>> it's pretty much useless as a console adapter.
>>
>> I hear the keyspan ones are pretty good, with support for break in  
>> hardware etc.
>>
>> http://www.tripplite.com/en/products/model.cfm?txtModelID=3914
>>
>> Not the cheapest but certainly one of the best.
> 
> I too hear that keyspan is good.  But, which chipset can't send breaks?

Not too sure what the chipset is but the adapter is a belkin F5U109.



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