Mac Mini - USB/RS232 Cable - help to command display

Could anyone help out with advice in a project where we would like to put a monitor in different modes from a Mac Mini.
The interface for the commands to the display is a RS232 serial port. As Mac Mini has no RS232 port but there are USB to RS232 cables on the market our question is if one could use apple script or shell script to make the job?
Would really appreciate any advice!

this has absolutely nothing to do with scripting. you need a USB to serial adapter.

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