[TenTec] Thank You

[Richards]

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.

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On 4/15/2012 11:53 AM, PC Anderson wrote:
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> Wade, thank you for this info. Have ordered it for that price, what the heck.

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