Additional Applications for USB to USB to RS-232/422/485 Serial Adapters
Application:
Home Automation
Quatech
Products Used: QSU-100
USB to RS-232 serial adapter and QSU-200/300
four port USB to RS-422/485 serial adapter.
One Quatech customer is using our USB to serial adapters to implement a home
automation project. The RS-485 ports on the QSU-200/300 are being used
to connect with the home's HVAC system. The RS-232 ports connect to other
household devices including lights, phone, audio and security systems.
The Windows XP remote desktop is being used to access the serial ports
for remote control of the numerous serial devices.
Application: Synchronizing
a Palm with Sun Microsystem's Sun Ray
Quatech Products Used: Quatech SSU-100 1 port USB to RS-232 Serial Adapter
Quatech's
SSU-100 now provides support for Sun Ray {tm} Thin Clients. The SSU-100
can be used to connect any compatible RS-232 device to a Sun Ray Thin
Client running Sun Ray Server version 1.3 or later. For
example, now you can use Quatech's SSU-100 to Sync your Palm with your
Sun Ray. Quatech is an approved 3rd party vendor for the Sun Ray System.
See Sun's I/O Technologies and Solutions Page for USB Vendors
Learn more about Sun Microsystems' Sun Ray Thin Clients
Learn more about Sun Ray Server Software Version 1.3
Application: Water Current
Measurements
Quatech Products Used: QSU-100 four port USB to RS-232 serial adapter
The world's leading
innovator and manufacturer of Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs)
and Doppler Velocity Logs uses Quatech USB to serial adapters to implement and
test their systems.
Their high-tech
sonar instruments measure the speed of water motion in oceans, rivers, and lakes.
These devices often communicate with a host computer via an RS-232 serial connection.
Our customer also develops software to control these instruments, and collect,
process, and display data from them. Data from other serial devices, such as
GPS, heading sensors, etc., are often incorporated into the system as well.
This customer chose Quatech's USB to serial adapters because they have found
that "some computers, especially laptops, have very poor performance with
RS-232 serial communications. "
Application: Home Automation
Quatech
Products Used: QSU-100 USB to RS-232 serial adapter and QSU-200/300 four port USB to RS-422/485 serial adapter.
One Quatech customer is using our USB to serial adapters to implement a home
automation project. The RS-485 ports on the QSU-200/300 are being used
to connect with the home's HVAC system. The RS-232 ports connect to other
household devices including lights, phone, audio and security systems.
The Windows XP remote desktop is being used to access the serial ports
for remote control of the numerous serial devices.
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