Meade 505 Telescope to PC Cable CP2102 USB RS232 to 4P4C RJ10 Adapter Control Console Cable for Mead 505 Telescope (6FT, for Meade)

I've never submitted a review before, but this worked so easily with no hassle, I thought I'd perhaps help others in the same situation. I had the GPS rollover issue with my Meade LX200 GPS mount--it reverted to 2003 and picked alignment stars that were well below the horizon. I needed to upgrade to the latest software update and did not have the official Meade USB to serial to RS232 cabling, and didn't want to spend the money for them. I tried some USB to serial adapters that I had lying around with my Windows 10 Pro laptop and none of them recognized the mount. While looking for other adapters, I stumbled on this one claiming to be for Meade for about one quarter the price of the official ones. Plus, it went from USB directly to the RJ11 style cable that the mount uses, without a serial plug in between. Some reviewers said that this cable would require downloading a pretty common driver, but in my case it was not necessary. I plugged it in and it discovered the mount immediately, no driver required. I'm not a computer wizard, but am guessing that Windows 10 may already have the driver. Worked perfectly with my computer and mount. It's rare that something works as it should.

Plugged this into my telescope and tried to download/update my software - no luck. Meade controller "use Autostar ETX with this model" but I've been unable to reboot or restart the controller (it is locked on this screen). I noticed the USB plug got very hot when I first plugged it into my laptop, but it eventually cooled off. Downloaded Meade software from multiple websites with no luck, may try another laptop. Purchased this telescope at Goodwill recently, I believe it is from 2001.

The cable was exactly what I needed. Once the suggested driver was installed the cable was immediately identified. I was able to use it to update my #495 to a #497 ver. 43Gl, as well as control my EXT-70 with Stellarium.

Worked fine once I realized the cable is a UART and I had to install a driver for it. Was having trouble, getting error messages, checked Device Manager, and realized there’s a UART in this cable, which requires a driver. Looked it up on the web and found one, but it wouldn’t auto-install. I had to manually install it. Suddenly, COM4 appeared and there was the mount. My mount is an LX200GPS, and I still need to connect the handset for this to work, sadly. Meade has discontinued making the Autostart II handset, so the mount is doomed to become obsolete unless someone else makes handsets or an emulator. This cable works fine, though, once you figure out the driver software & install it.

These cables are good to have for older devices. Such as older GPS, some older mobiles phones you my have info on.

I have an older Meade ETX 128 EC and wanted to update the firmware on the AutoStar hand controller and let the computer drive the telescope to different targets for astrophotography. This cord is nearly plug-and-play and just needs one to download the free CP2102 driver (the CP2102 is a very common USB-to-serial chip and is what’s used in this device) and it works great.

the vendor seems to have discontunued this item???was the best one on the market it had the clear usb with blinking lights so you knew it was sending and receiveing info. need to be restocked

Had no trouble using this cable for my Meade LX90. Worked great!