Keyspan:High Speed USB Serial Adapter for Mac
2.1 - Capabilities
Specifications - Hardware
The Keyspan High Speed USB Serial Adapter provides ONE male DB9 serial port which supports
AppleTalk (LocalTalk) and Geoport are not supported on the Keyspan High Speed USB Serial Adapter's port. Please note that AppleTalk (LocalTalk) and Geoport are not disabled by the Keyspan High Speed USB Serial Adapter if you have these features installed already.
Keyspan High Speed USB Serial Adapter Port
Keyspan High Speed USB Serial Adapter
Serial Port
Keyspan High Speed USB Serial Adapter
Port Icon And Name
Specifications - Software
The male DB9 serial port on the Keyspan Adapter is seen as a serial port by Mac OS. The Keyspan serial port is interfaced via the "CommToolBox" API and is then available to any program that accesses serial ports via this API. For programs that don't use the CommToolBox to access serial ports, the Keyspan adapter can emulate the PRINTER and/or MODEM ports as found on older Macintosh computers.
Note: You can only have one PRINTER port on any given computer. In order for the Keyspan adapter to emulate either of these ports, the PRINTER port must not be 'in use' or registered by other software or hardware. For example, PRINTER port emulation is not available on a Mac that already has a PRINTER port builtin (any
This User Manual applies to the Keyspan High Speed USB Serial Adapter Software for Mac OS.
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