4 Port USB to Serial Hub

Needed this for old amateur radio serial connections to a newer windows 10 pc - works great. Arrived as promised. Simple and efficient.

My new PC motherboard (Asus Rampage IV Extreme) no longer has any serial port. However, there are still a few things in the house that require the occasional use of a serial connection. I primarily use it to connect to a Simply Automated UPB PIM (Universal Power-line Bus Plug-in Interface Module) and run the Upstart software to configure the home UPB network. I also use it to program a URC Remote Control. I guess I could have gotten away with a dual port adapter, but the price difference is not that much. My PC runs Windows 7 64-bit. On this OS, I didn't need to install any driver myself. As soon as I plugged in the unit to my PC, Windows automatically searched the Internet, downloaded, and installed the required FTDI driver. Device Management shows the 4 new serial ports. On my machines, they are assigned Ports #6, 7, 8, and 9. They correspond one-to-one to the physical ports on the unit. Unplugging and replugging the unit didn't change the sequence, so this unit must have COM retention capability. All-in-all, I am quite pleased with it.

Pros: Works as advertised! Cons: The supplied wall mount is useless! It blocks access to the ports so that the serial cables cannot get plugged in fully. I am sure you might be able to cut/or file a little off of the plastic mount to get some extra space, but the mount is very poorly designed and accomplishes nil in terms of functionality.

Awesome device, I have 3 of these in various offices, and they all are bulletproof. Never have to power cycle them like some USB-serial converters I have used.

Producto de buena calidad