The USB/Serial Converter is the easiest way to connect your serial device to the USB port on your PC or Mac. This product operates as a bridge between one USB port and a standard Serial (RS232) port. Newer PCs are no longer equipped with serial (COM) port. But you want to use old serial device that is still working just fine. This adpter will add serial port to your new machine easily. It is Vista, Win7, and OS-X compatible.
This cable is also recommended for adapting a Cisco console cable to work with a computer that does not have a native DB9 serial port. Using this with the console cable you will be able to connect to the USB port of your computer.