FWIW, before I buy a USB-serial converter, I check out Newegg
reviews. A lot of times, I will see mention of which OS supports the
unit along with notes about how someone found a driver for Win 7 or
some other OS or resolved a driver problem.
So far, I've been lucky: I've found drivers for every USB-serial
converter I've purchased and they's all worked without difficulty --
that may be because they all use a Prolific chipset. I had one fail
in an odd way such that the system saw it and indicated all was well,
but nothing got through it
Kim N5OP
At 04:30 PM 4/15/2012, you wrote:
>Thanks for the heads up. Seems this is becoming a PITA.
>
>
> >>
> > If you encounter any difficulty with the Prolific chip drivers, don't
> > immediately despair... contact PowerWerx.com (you know the guys who
> > sell Anderson Power Poles and related accessories...) and they can
> > explain how to keep the newer Prolific drivers from clashing with the
> > chip in your adapter cable. It seems Prolific has had problems with
> > cheap Chinese bootleg copy-cat chips, and they now employ Windows Update
> > to push updated drivers to your OS which may disable the cable if it
> > appears it is a bootleg chip. Not saying the cable will have a bootleg
> > chip, but sometimes the drives THINK a particular cable has a bootleg
> > chip, and disabled the device -- this has happened to me - even using
> > the TenTec cable adapter that is based on a bona fide Prolific chip.
> >
> > The Powerwerx work around should work... but this deal with disabling
> > purportedly bootleg chips was the last straw for me, and why I purchased
> > a 4-port Serial com port card. Heck... I have 5 or 6 Prolific
> > chip-based USB-Serial cables supplied from TenTec and various reputable
> > HT radio vendors, and they all stopped working. The Powerwerx
> > work-around worked on an older box with the Win-XP OS - but the serial
> > port card I purchased works on all my latest 64 bit Win7 boxes, and
> > there are no USB-Serial adapters in my shack now.
> >
> > I am not trying to rain on your parade, as you have already ordered a
> > Prolific-chip-based cable, but I am merely suggesting a potential
> > solution if you see the problem with your new cable. There is nothing
> > like being prepared and informed before the problem arises.
> >
> > At least I have "good intentions" - but, of course, my road to Heck is
> > well paved with all my good intentions !
> >
> > Good Luck.
> >
> > ======================== K8JHR =========================
> >
> > On 4/15/2012 11:53 AM, PC Anderson wrote:
> > >
> > > Wade, thank you for this info. Have ordered it for that price,
> what the heck.
> >
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