Hopefully, the 'new' drivers will somehow mitigate the problem.
Hopefully, the 'new' drivers will *still* remove the FTDI Vendor ID
*and* display a message that says the device is unknown. Let the user
contact the manufacturer who used counterfeit grey market chips and
stolen drivers to save a few cents.
Genuine FTDI chips are widely available from reputable parts suppliers
- including Newark, Farnell, Mouser, DigiKey - and in OEM quantities
directly from FTDI.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 2014-10-25 11:19 AM, Ben Antanaitis - WB2RHM wrote:
Just a guess, but I suspect their lawyers must tapped them on the
shoulder......
http://www.ftdichipblog.com/?p=1053
But, any Ham Radio software/hardware support people may need to prepare
for: "My system that worked fine, just stopped working after the last
system update :( " It doesn't matter that the drivers got pulled.....
how many bits got burned. And pointing folks to 'hacks' is just as
unethical as the counterfeiters. Hopefully, the 'new' drivers will
somehow mitigate the problem.
73,
Ben - WB2RHM
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