Wireless replacement for a long USB/Serial cable?

Hi,
This is not a Labview related question, but I am looking for some input.
I need to have a long cable between the instrument and the PC (laptop is not an option), and I am looking for a wireless solution like this http://www.aircable.net/products/serial5x.php .
Does anyone have any experience with this. I am looking for something similar from a vendor that has good support and has about 300ft of range.
Thanks.

I've used a wireless radio modem before. I can't find a link to the one I have though. I don't know if it could handle 300 ft.
It was kind of like this one. http://www.bb-elec.com/Products/Wireless-Cellular/Radio-Modems/Industrial-Grade-Radio-Modems.aspx
Also look at this which will connect it to a Wi-Fi link.
http://www.bb-elec.com/Products/Wireless-Cellular/Wi-Fi-Serial-Servers/Serial-to-Ethernet-Converter....
The advantage with this is you would only need on on the device end if your laptop has wireless already. But again, I don't know about range.

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panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff80264b7e75): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7fa8761242, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000000000000, CR3: 0x0000000028e57000, CR4: 0x00000000001606e0
RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0x0000000000000000, RCX: 0xffffff7fa6a8c8d2, RDX: 0xffffff7fa6a8c742
RSP: 0xffffff823e46bb20, RBP: 0xffffff823e46bb60, RSI: 0x0000000000000000, RDI: 0x0000000000000000
R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0xffffffffffffffff, R11: 0x00000000ffffffff
R12: 0xffffff8026a401b0, R13: 0xffffff805b3ec600, R14: 0xffffff823e46bc77, R15: 0x00000000000000d0
RFL: 0x0000000000010286, RIP: 0xffffff7fa8761242, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
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0xffffff823e46b7c0 : 0xffffff802641d626
0xffffff823e46b830 : 0xffffff80264b7e75
0xffffff823e46ba00 : 0xffffff80264cd3bd
0xffffff823e46ba20 : 0xffffff7fa8761242
0xffffff823e46bb60 : 0xffffff7fa876177a
0xffffff823e46bbb0 : 0xffffff7fa875f2bb
0xffffff823e46bc00 : 0xffffff7fa6ae9ba9
0xffffff823e46bc50 : 0xffffff802682f17a
0xffffff823e46bca0 : 0xffffff8026845661
0xffffff823e46bce0 : 0xffffff802682f50b
0xffffff823e46bd20 : 0xffffff802682e73a
0xffffff823e46bd80 : 0xffffff802682e537
0xffffff823e46bdc0 : 0xffffff802682e2e7
0xffffff823e46be30 : 0xffffff802682f69c
0xffffff823e46be40 : 0xffffff7fa6a930eb
0xffffff823e46be70 : 0xffffff7fa73f825a
0xffffff823e46beb0 : 0xffffff7fa73fbad8
0xffffff823e46bee0 : 0xffffff7fa73fbfe0
0xffffff823e46bf40 : 0xffffff7fa73f73d1
0xffffff823e46bf60 : 0xffffff802643dcde
0xffffff823e46bfb0 : 0xffffff80264b2957
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         com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(5.5)[DF1A9F7E-C593-313D-8EBB-5DA72F03C087]@0xffffff 7fa6a7f000->0xffffff7fa6adafff
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         com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub(5.5)[FA0892F8-7497-33E5-B3E2-5C58ED51FA40]@0xfffff f7fa73ed000->0xffffff7fa7401fff
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            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily(10.0.6)[0165A9A0-F112-366C-9D82-EFC7344274F0]@0x ffffff7fa6ae7000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
12C3006
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.2.1: Thu Oct 18 16:32:48 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.20.9~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 0AFA55FD-872F-3BBE-8630-214EB586A16D
Kernel slide:     0x0000000026200000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8026400000
System model name: MacBookPro10,1 (Mac-C3EC7CD22292981F)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 12711905610922
last loaded kext at 5960949959755: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEthernet          2.3.7 (addr 0xffffff7fa8765000, size 53248)
last unloaded kext at 2271444383733: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCDC          4.1.22 (addr 0xffffff7fa875a000, size 12288)
loaded kexts:
com.prolific.driver.PL2303          2.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEthernet          2.3.7
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.60
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.1.2f9
com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0
com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.12.81
com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler          2.0.6d1
com.apple.driver.X86PlatformShim          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          122
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.3.5fc10
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
com.apple.GeForce          8.0.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.10
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.1.2f9
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD4000Graphics          8.0.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU          2.0.3d0
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.3.5fc10
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.1.11
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferCapri          8.0.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.2.13
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl          3.2.13
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons          237.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard          237.1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache          34
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          5.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC          1.4.0
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331          612.20.14
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.5.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          5.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBXHCI          1.5.1
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager          161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          196.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          4.0.39
com.apple.security.quarantine          2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          196.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.6
com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.5.5
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.3.5fc10
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.9fc11
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.6
com.apple.driver.X86PlatformPlugin          1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          86.0.3
com.apple.nvidia.nvGK100hal          8.0.6
com.apple.NVDAResman          8.0.6
com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.1.2f9
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.1.2f9
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.4d2
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.3.5fc10
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.3.5fc10
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          5.3.0d47
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.11d0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.11d0
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl          3.2.13
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert          1.0.4
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3.6
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch          237.3
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          5.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter          1.8.9
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily          1.8.9
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter          1.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          5.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          5.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI          1.6.3
com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily          2.1.8
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          5.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          510.4
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.3.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          5.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          1.8.1
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          1.7
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox          220
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7
com.apple.driver.DiskImages          344
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          28.21
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.7
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.7.3
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
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I have an internet connection issue or issues. It seems this is a complicated issue because there are so many layers involved.
Hardware:
iMac9,1
2, IOGear USB Extension cables (powered)
Mobile phone manufacturer supplied USB-Serial Cable.
Huawei branded CDMA 2000 1x RTT mobile phone with Qualcomm modem and Prolific PL2303 USB-Serial Bridge.
R-UIM card for local ISP in Nepal (United Telecom Limited)
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Mac OS 10.6.8
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I have poked around but don't really know what I am looking for. Is this an issue with the CDMA.ccl, or an issue with PPP, or is it a USB IOKit issue, or a kext issue? Who knows.
When typing 'sudo dmesg' in Terminal I get something that seems odd to me, but might be completely normal.
AppleWWANSupport1: Version number - 2.0, Input buffers 16, Output buffers 4
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Regards,
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Hello all,
I have an internet connection issue or issues. It seems this is a complicated issue because there are so many layers involved.
Hardware:
iMac9,1
2, IOGear USB Extension cables (powered)
Mobile phone manufacturer supplied USB-Serial Cable.
Huawei branded CDMA 2000 1x RTT mobile phone with Qualcomm modem and Prolific PL2303 USB-Serial Bridge.
R-UIM card for local ISP in Nepal (United Telecom Limited)
Software:
Mac OS 10.6.8
I have tried a few different ways to make the connection and getting a connection isn't necessarily the issue.
First I tried to use the Prolific PL2303 kext. It's widely known you have to add the devices Vendor ID and Product ID to the info.plist file for the driver to load the device at boot time. But, apparently we don't need that third-party kext because Apple has built in support for Huawei as evidenced in three existing kext files: WWANSupport, WWANSupport1, and AppleUSBMergeNub (that lives as a plugin inside IOUSBFamily.kext). Problem was that the phone was not being recognized by the system even though the Vendor ID was a match. Any guesses why?
I figured a way for the device to be recognized via the CellPhoneHelper.kext. Huawei is not listed but duplicating the 'Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM (KPC680)' IOKitPersonality and then reconfiguring it to match my Huawei device by changing the Vendor and Product IDs worked perfectly. Once I cleared the system cache files and rebooted the phone was recognized immediately as a WWAN device and I could set it up in Network Preferences. Using the Generic and CDMA settings for the modem script I am able to connect. That's where the fun bit ends.
The connection gets wonky. It randomly leaves me in limbo, seemingly connected but not able to receive any data. If I 'disconnect' using the WWAN menu, it shows me as being disconnected but actually I am not, the phone is still be connected to the tower. If I open up a serial program I can see that the phone is still sending data. The only way for me to end the connection is to unplug the USB cable. Then I can 'Connect' again and everything pretty much repeats. I will have a decent connection and then at some random point I will loose it and be unable to disconnect from the tower. This is a stationary setup; not roaming.
One thing I have noticed is that the tower will give me a different WAN address randomly. Maybe this is the issue! While connected I will see in 'ppp log' that I am being logged out and logged in again and then I am given a different LAN address and WAN address. Sometimes I will get an error, 'Could Not Authenticate" and I will be disconnected. Sometimes it appears to work seamlessly. This all happens automatically. I am not sure from which side this is being initiated, my modem or software or the ISP's?
I have poked around but don't really know what I am looking for. Is this an issue with the CDMA.ccl, or an issue with PPP, or is it a USB IOKit issue, or a kext issue? Who knows.
When typing 'sudo dmesg' in Terminal I get something that seems odd to me, but might be completely normal.
AppleWWANSupport1: Version number - 2.0, Input buffers 16, Output buffers 4
AppleWWANSupport1: Version number - 2.0, Input buffers 4, Output buffers 2
I took note of the Input and Output buffers in the CellPhoneHelper.kext info.plist and they are 16 and 4 for my device. I don't know why 4 and 2 immediately override those. I don't see anything in AppleWWANSupport1 that has 4 and 2 set for buffers. Could this be the issue, i.e. the connection freezing because the buffers get full? Or could it be because the mobile phone is using two channels for the modem, /dev/cu.wwan and /dev/cu.wwanCNTL and that is normal??
I took a look at the CDMA.ccl modem script. I am not a modem script designer but I noticed that 'C' is set twice in the same init, &C1&C2. I am not exactly sure why that would be, any ideas?? Track remote DCD (&C1); Unix compatible DCD control (&C2). What about 'hsreset'? Not sure but I guess the Prolific PL2303 chip handles the serial port flow control options? The literature is a bit out of date on this.
So, lots of questions and no answer so far. A bit too complicated as there are so many layers working together and this is not a supported configuration. I do see a lot of people asking similar questions but mostly it's on different systems, like Linux, etc.. and with different hardware.
Would love to hear from someone with experience, a programmer or someone familiar with Apple's IOKit and modem inits.
Regards,
John

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I have bought an iphone 5 last year. With it, came the original apple genuine iphone 5 lightning USB cable. It did not last for half year. I had to buy another original apple iphone 5 similar cable and it was gone within 3 months. I dont understand is it cable manufacturing problem? is apply selling fake cables? It is really annoying and I am really angry that such a reputed company cant give/ provide proper long lasting cables.
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Here is what I see in System Information
USB-Serial Controller:
Product ID: 0x0fba
Vendor ID: 0x05ad (Y.C. Cable U.S.A., Inc)
Version: 3.00
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Prolific Technology Inc.
Location ID: 0x04100000 / 4
Current Available (mA): 500
Current Required (mA): 100
SecureCRT is set to use /dev/cu.PL2303-00002006
Has anyone experienced this issue, can anyone assist?
Mac Info
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008)
2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3

You can use this : http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/51344/serial but let me tell you that last night I found the way to do it with Coolterm for free http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/31352/coolterm
I think that the problem is the installation , you have to copy to sudo kextload /System/Library/Extensions/ProlificUsbSerial.kext or in my case I used this as reference, now it is working....
http://www.xbsd.nl/2011/07/pl2303-serial-usb-on-osx-lion.html
I hope this can help

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