any known working USB/serial converters?

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
>   i've spent quite a bit of time messing with this.  in a nutshell,
> i'm trying to talk to the serial console of a beagleboard via a USB
> port on my laptop.  if i run out of my laptop to a targus port
> replicator, from there to a null-modem cable, and then to one of those
> IDC serial cables (so i can connect to the 2x5 10-pin connector on the
> BB), that works *every* *time*.  flawlessly.
> 
>   for simplicity, if i try to replace the bulky port replicator with a
> simple USB-serial converter, then null-modem and IDC cable, that fails
> -- what i get (after verifying all the same minicom settings) is junk
> being dumped to the screen, exactly as if the baud rate was wrong but
> this is being done without touching any of the minicom settings.
> 
>   in my situation, this is absolutely reproducible -- the targus port
> replicator always works, the USB-serial converter never.  i'm baffled.
> now, this is the only USB-serial converter i've ever tried so i'm
> tempted to pop down to the local geek store and just pick up a
> different brand to see if it's still reproducible.
> 
Dumb question - do you need the RS-232 control lines? If so, a lot
of the cheap adapters do not support them, or only support a limited
set. The biggest problem seams to be missing the hardware flow
control lines. (CTS/RTS)

Mikkel
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