Serial to USB converter cable for Astro Portable CPS

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4-crime
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Serial to USB converter cable for Astro Portable CPS

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Quick question guys, I have an oem Motorola USB programming cable for xts5000's that I normally program with but I can't seem to find it since I moved. I also have a regular serial cable as well but my computer does not have a serial port so I was wondering if I picked up a serial to USB converter cable would I run into any problems?
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Re: Serial to USB converter cable for Astro Portable CPS

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Motorola references the IOGEAR brand usb-serial converter in the readme file, Ive never used one for astro portables....i do however use the converter on minitor V pagers with no issues.
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Re: Serial to USB converter cable for Astro Portable CPS

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We've had good luck with the converters from Cables To Go.
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Re: Serial to USB converter cable for Astro Portable CPS

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We've had good luck using the Cables to Go converters, p/n 26886.
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Re: Serial to USB converter cable for Astro Portable CPS

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Thanks for the responses. I picked one up from Best Buy. It is from Dynex. It comes with the USB drivers and it worked just fine with my radios.
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