🌟 StarTech.com 4 Port PCIe RS232 Serial Adapter Card - Single-Lane PCI Express - Breakout Cable - RS232 Extension - PCIe Serial Card (PEX4S553B), red Review

I've been trying to install this on a Windows 10 64-bit machine for hours with no success. Of course, the drivers that came with the card didn't work, so I downloaded the latest version from the Startech website. The installation is aborted without explanation via their setup.exe. So I tried to clean up the mess it left behind and tried updating the drivers for the device directly, but Windows oddly installed a new multifunction device and renamed the PCI serial ports. However, the serial ports

This 4 port low profile serial card is the ideal home automation server solution that our company offers as a turnkey solution with our home automation software. It's small and fits nicely into the Dell OptiPlex's PCI Express connector. The drop cable allows us to label the different connections that the customer will make in their system, such as: B. Security panel, lighting control system, IR interface, HVAC controls.[.]

I tried another quad port box from another company on my Win 10 high end PC but couldn't get it to work. This device with the declared support for Win 10 worked perfectly. As a side note, you need to install the driver from the device settings for each of the four ports. Only lasts a minute. And to set up the ports, disable all USB devices that can use the serial converter and get the COM port number. Then restart the computer, then go to System devices, select the port, advanced and select the

We use this to provide additional USB ports for the Opera IFC workstation. It's easy and the software installs without any problems. We didn't need 8, we only needed 4, and other vendors sold out within months. 5/5

A lifeline for people trying to hook up old scientific equipment to modern computers that generally don't have a serial port. Much more reliable than USB to serial bridges and there's no chance of your COM numbers jumping around when you disable something.