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Pros & Cons
Pros
I love the thin 10' cable; it fits nicely into my gadgets and equipment bag. Been using for several weeks and has been dependable. Compact, functional, and versatile.
Cord works great now that i figured out how to download the drivers. Zero setup issues and easily travels in my laptop bag to university.
Cons
My putty just hangs and it's not working. This is frustrating as i was hoping to use this today to do some work. I promise to revise my rating if you can make it work.
The prolific chip is a chinese knock off that does not work with the prolific drivers. Pins 1 and 5 are reversed. They want you to go to their shady website and download a shady driver to use it.
Highlights
Quality
It also appears to be well made and robust.
Well made and works exactly as it should.
Truly plug and play, no configuration, no jumpers, no gender changers, or having to try null modem connectors, etc.
It connected but couldn't be used as i intended for old cloned gm hardware is trash, tech 2
Price
This inexpensive purchase saved the day for me.
For the price, i should have purchased two so i don't have to switch the cables when using different devices.
The options for usb to rs232 straight through seemed limiting (or expensive), so before returning it, i thought i would just or... Read More
Shipping
It came quickly and did exactly what i needed it to.
It was shipped promptly and works perfectly.
Both cables arrived yesterday, and i pulled out the one that was supposed to work, and struggled with it for hours before think... Read More
Nvr firmware had been corrupted as result of a failing ups.
Packaging/appearance
Would have appreciated a smaller packing (box) for the lot , but , this not the end of the world
Competitiveness
Value is happy compare with another product brand name.
Overview
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- This product had a total of 2,635 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 20 2024.
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How can you rate a computer cable
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A straight rs232 to usb cable did not work
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Truly plug and play no configuration no jumpers no gender changers or having to try null modem connectors etc
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I ordered this cable for cat control of a yaesu ftdx1200 then i saw all the reviews saying this cable doesnt work for amateur radio control and quickly ordered another cable with better reviews in this regard
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Both cables arrived yesterday and i pulled out the one that was supposed to work and struggled with it for hours before thinking to give this cable a shot
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I will need to exchange for a longer version but thats on me
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Edit using this cable with an ftdx1200 requires a femaletofemale null modem adapter
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