[Gllug] USB -> serial converters

[Mike Brodbelt]

Julian Somers wrote:
> 
> Almost all: I have had three out of one box of 10 which use an FTDI chip
> (forget which) which I could not get to work (didn't try very hard,
> though). Unfortunately the FTDI ones are identical on the outside to the
> pl2303 ones, so it seems manufacturers just use whatever cheap chip
> works with windows, without changing model number. 
> 
> Serial port roulette. Fun!

That's what I was worried about. Oh well, I'll just buy one and see what
happens I guess. They seem to be cheap enough and well enough supported
that they're likely to be OK.

>> Does anyone have any recommendations? They don't appear to be that
>> expensive, but I'd rather avoid having to return ones that don't work
>> properly.... and I'd also like a cable long enough that I don't have to
>> actually crawl into the rack to use it....
> 
> I've never found a long one. I use USB extension cables with really
> short RS232 cable at the device end to avoid RF interference on RS232
> cable. (My devices live on ships, though, so unless you have radar in
> your server room, you can probably ignore this top tip.)

Cool - I think that's one worry I don't have though :-)

Mike
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