{"id":448,"date":"2012-08-24T10:36:38","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T16:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/?p=448"},"modified":"2022-10-15T16:07:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T22:07:43","slug":"usb-serial-adapter-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/?p=448","title":{"rendered":"USB Serial Adapter Recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_3732\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3732\" src=\"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_0987-1-150x150.jpeg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_0987-1.jpeg 2x\" alt=\"James Mimlitz &#039;Slim&#039;\" class=\"avatar avatar-150 wp-user-avatar wp-user-avatar-150 photo\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim &#8216;Slim&#8217; Mimlitz, SCADAmetrics<\/p><\/div>In order to set up an EtherMeter, you will need a computer equipped with a serial port, terminal emulation software (eg HyperTerminal), and\u00a0a SCADAmetrics Serial\/Setup Cable.<\/p>\n<p>A convenient way to add a serial port to a\u00a0notebook or\u00a0desktop computer is with a USB-Serial Adapter.<\/p>\n<p>In my experience, the make\/model that provides the best combination of performance and compatibility is the Model# USA-19HS by Keyspan (a division of Tripp-Lite).\u00a0 The USA-19HS is compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux computers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Model# USA-19HS. USB-Serial Adapter by KeySpan\/Tripp-Lite\" src=\"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/images\/KeySpanUSA19HS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"213\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Learn About The USA-19HS From Keyspan\/Tripp-Lite\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tripplite.com\/high-speed-usb-to-serial-adapter-keyspan~USA19HS\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keyspan\/Tripp-Lite Product Page Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Buy Keyspan USA-19HS From Newegg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newegg.com\/Product\/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812999081\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newegg.com eStore Link &#8211; Click To Buy Online.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to set up an EtherMeter, you will need a computer equipped with a serial port, terminal emulation software (eg HyperTerminal), and\u00a0a SCADAmetrics Serial\/Setup Cable. A convenient way to add a serial port to a\u00a0notebook or\u00a0desktop computer is with a USB-Serial Adapter. In my experience, the make\/model that provides the best combination of performance <span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <span class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/?p=448\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,7],"tags":[19,81,82,80],"class_list":["post-448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-troubleshooting","tag-rs-232","tag-tripp-lite","tag-usb","tag-usb-serial-adapter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=448"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2437,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions\/2437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}