Letotech Prolific PL2303RA USB RS232 to RJ45 Console Cable for Cisco, H3C, HP, Arba, Huawei, and Fortinet Routers (12FT)

Price: $14.59
(as of May 22,2023 18:10:31 UTC – Details)

The Letotech Prolific PL2303RA USB RS232 to RJ45 Console Cable is an essential accessory for branded routers, switches, firewalls, and wireless LAN controllers with CONSOLE ports. This cable replaces RS232 (DB-25/DB-9) serial ports and connects from a laptop/PC’s USB port directly to a console port. It works flawlessly and quickly on both laptop and desktop computers.

The PL2303RA features EEPROM Configuration where the default configuration descriptors are stored in the chip internally and loaded during power-on reset or USB bus reset whenever OTPROM is empty. Several of the USB descriptors could be modified and stored to the OTPROM during device startup like Vendor ID (VID), Product ID (PID), Serial Number, Product String, and other configuration descriptors. The OTPROM can be programmed twice using the dedicated PL2303RA EEPROM Writer utility software which can be requested from Prolific or authorized distributors.

The PL2303RA supports versatile data formats and has a programmable baud rate generator that supports baud rates up to 1Mbps. Standard driver already supports several baud rate settings. Additionally, the PL2303RA provides a convenient solution for connecting an RS232 full-duplex asynchronous serial device to any Universal Serial Bus (USB) capable host.

Prolific provides highly compatible Virtual COM Port drivers that simulate the traditional COM port on most operating systems, allowing existing applications based on COM port to easily migrate and be made USB ready. The PL2303RA also integrates a high baud rate RS-232 transceiver that meets the EIA/TIA-232F and CCITT V.28 communications interface specifications. The RS-232 transceiver is a 3-transmitters and 5-receivers device with a high-efficient charge pump circuit embedded. This high-efficient charge pump circuit, with 1uF external capacitors, provides the bipolar output to the transmitters and makes the transmitters deliver the RS-232 output voltage levels. Under normal operation, PL2303RA operates at very low power consumption with guaranteed data rate up to 1000kbps.