What USB to Serial Adapters are supported for Media Composer, Symphony, and Newscutter?
For Media Composer/Symphony prior to 3.0, and Newscutter prior to 7.0, Avid has qualified the USA-19HS, USA-28x, USA-28xa, and USA-28xb by Tripp Lite (formerly Keyspan) for serial deck control on the Macintosh.
- An RS-232 to RS-422 (Rosetta Stone) serial adapter is also required when using the USA-19HS
- Drivers are included with the adapter, and are available on TrippLite's website
For Media Composer/Symphony 3.0 and higher, and Newscutter 7.0 and higher, running Leopard (OS 10.5.x) use only the USA-19HS. The USA-x, USA-28xa and USA-28xb models do not provide frame-accuracy with the Leopard OS. The Tiger OS (10.4.x) is more frame accurate with those models.
Attention: The USA-28xg has been known to cause frame-accuracy issues and should not be used with any Avid Editor product.
For product information check here:
Keyspan by Tripplite Home Page (including driver support)
USA-19HS
7080-20013-01 COM,USB - DB9 SERIAL CONVERTER,KEYSPAN
7070-00507-01 CBL,PC DECK CONTROL CONV RS232-RS422
keyspan is now known as keyspan-by-tripp lite