[TenTec] Thank You

[PC Anderson]

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.
> 
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> 
> 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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