Like most of us, you probably don't have a serial port on your desktop or notebook computer, but you still want to control your scope with one of the many useful planetarium programs available. Whatever shall you do?!

Fear not! AstroCables has the solution! With this handy USB to Serial adapter, you can connect your scope to any available USB port on your computer. Simply plug in the adapter, install the drivers (only once!) and voila - you now have a serial port with which you can control your scope. You can also use the port with the old PalmPilot you have laying around, your GPS or any other serial device you have.

• Converts a standard 9-pin serial port to USB
• Complies with USB Specification v1.1(0) & USB CDC v1.1
• Full Compliance with USB specification v1.1
• Supports the RS-232 Serial interface (standard 9-pin serial)
• Supports automatic handshake mode
• USB full speed communication and Bus Powered
• Single Cable USB to Serial communication
• Supports up to 1 Mbps data transfer rate
• Supports Remote wakeup and power management
• 1 Ft. Length
• 96 Byte upstrea/downstream buffer
• CD with Manual and Drivers

System Requirements:

• For PC Users:
• Windows® 95/98/98SE, 2000, ME, XP
• CD-ROM Drive
• Available USB port
• For Mac Users:
• Mac G3
• Mac OS 8.6 or Higher
• CD-ROM Drive
• Available USB port

Note for Mac users:
If you are running a PowerPC based Mac with MacOS 10.1 or higher, or an Intel based Mac with MacOS 10.4 or higher, download the updated driver for this device here.