Tripp Lite U209-000-R USB2 Serial Adapter
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Rating:  - * Poor driver will likely crash XP ... I work in a development group that relies heavily on USB-to-serial converters for customers that do not have serial ports on their laptops. We have found over the last few years that driver quality is critical. The driver provided by Tripp-Lite for the U209-000-R is, at least at the time of this review, very unstable and will quite likely blue-screen your XP based machine. That is too bad because this unit is based upon one of the best converter chips around, the Prolific PL-2303. FWIW, we use various other re-branded versions of this same device without problem with a driver provided by Prolific. Unfortunately, Tripp-Lite has had the OEM program a Tripp-Lite device ID into their version of this device that causes it to reject the Prolific driver unless you jump through a few hoops. I have found that you can get the Prolific driver installed if you run Prolific's installer first, then point the hardware wizard at Windows\system32\driver later when it asks for the Tripp-Lite CD. But in general it is just not worth it and we now buy other brands that use the Prolific PL-2303 and its generic driver instead. One example is the Airlink101. PLEASE NOTE: The Prolific driver installer I have that works well is dated 8/03/2005. I do not know if the current Prolific driver also has the same problem as the one provided by Tripp-Lite. Rating: - * DO NOT USE FOR CISCO EQUIPMENT ... This thing is junk. Most new laptops do not come with a serial port, which is necessary to configure networking equipment. Well I bought this to solve the problem, but it only added to it. I get a Blue Screen in Vista, or XP about 10 minutes of configuring. I though this would be a nice solution but it is not. I am going to buy the IBM one I use to have at my old job. What a piece of junk. Rating:  - * Decent but not perfect ... For a product that seems to have been abandoned by its maker I would give this a one thumb up, one thumb down. I was handed one at work since none of our new laptops have serial ports and after finding the XP driver online it does seem to do it's job. Of course, while installing the driver XP will tell you in no uncertain terms to stop what you are doing. That alone may be enough to stop a novice in their tracks. However, installing the driver from the mini-disk or website has not had any bad effects on my Gateway AMD or Dell. So I give it a middle of the road review. Works, but in my opinion could be better. It is a really nice looking rugged product and since I use it with my laptop in outdoor conditions that is a plus. Rating: - * USB to serial adapter ... I tried this product on two different Dell laptops with XP and two different serial devices connected to it. The computer can never see the serial devices. The virtual COM ports show up in Hardware Manager correctly. Both serial devices work correctly when connected to a serial port on a desktop computer. The drivers on the Tripp Lite website are the same as provided on the CD-ROM. This product looks nice and seems to be well built, it just doesn't work. Rating:  - * Better than doing without ... My U209-000-R works ok on my Dell with XP. I did note that the USB port that you use is important because what you plug into the serial port has to be using that same port in its set up. So once installed you cannot be changing USB ports. This is not a plug and play thingy and a computer novice should save their money. |
