My cable has a USB-A connector on one end and a DB-25M connector on the other end. The DB-25M end is wired as DCE (the equivelant of a null modem adapter attached). So no gender changers, no DB-9/DB-25 adapters, no null-modem adapters. Just one clean cable.
I got it in 2006, when there were more "flavors" of cable configurations available. It has a Prolific chip and is USB 2.0 compatible. Of course this may not be helpful to the discussion, but it does show that there *once was* a simpler solution. Regards, Peter <snip> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 16:45:43 -0400 > From: Thomas Morehouse <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [M100] 102 com port power drain? > Message-ID: > <CALgB4EMKV7s4ucPSaQGoYyoJEdqe9kyX=dzVsT57HYOPCZZ= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Voila - here's my setup. > > https://photos.app.goo.gl/YeurPtPESokDdXkTA > > Starting at the 102, there's the DB9/DB25 adapter, then gender changer, > then null modem, then usb/serial cable, then my Dell laptop. > > Tom M. > <big snip>
