StarTech.com 2 Port Industrial Wall Mountable USB to Serial Adapter Hub with DIN Rail Clips

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If you’ve got serial devices stuck in industrial pain points (RFID readers, PLC peripherals, old industrial gear) this StarTech industrial USB-to-serial setup is the right kind of “stop fiddling and get it working” adapter. The big win is the industrial packaging: wall-mount/DIN-rail friendly and designed for places where cables get jostled. For a UK reseller customer with workshops, warehouses, or plant-floor PCs, it’s the sort of thing that saves hours of ad‑hoc cabling and reduces “it works on my desk” downtime.

That said, £53.52 ex-VAT for two ports is only good value if you actually need two serial connections and you’re using it in the way it’s meant to be used. If you’re just connecting one legacy device occasionally, you might do better with a cheaper single-port adapter. Also, don’t expect miracles if you’re driving awkward baud rates/odd drivers on newer OS builds—USB-to-serial compatibility can be a bit of a lottery depending on the device and Windows version. I’d recommend it for controlled, repeatable deployments in industrial-ish environments; I wouldn’t bother for generic office use where a standard USB serial lead is fine.