Here's the story:
There are two main kinds of USB to serial chips.
The FTDI chip as in the Dontronics device and
some other brands and the 2303 chip in the Prolific and other devices.
I bought a new FTDI chip device last week via
eBay.<http://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/e11400.m1842.l5920/7?euid=65a2f4861d4c4f149c8779a58e65ae82&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fpayments.ebay.com.au%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewPaymentStatus%26transId%3D1327695438005%26itemId%3D150959790724%26qu%3D1>
Sabrent USB 2.0 TO SERIAL (9-PIN) DB-9 RS-232 CABLE 1.8m CABLE
<http://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/e11400.m1842.l5920/7?euid=65a2f4861d4c4f149c8779a58e65ae82&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fpayments.ebay.com.au%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewPaymentStatus%26transId%3D1327695438005%26itemId%3D150959790724%26qu%3D1>
<http://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/e11400.m1842.l5919/7?euid=65a2f4861d4c4f149c8779a58e65ae82&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fpayments.ebay.com.au%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewPaymentStatus%26transId%3D1327695438005%26itemId%3D150959790724%26qu%3D1>Sabrent
USB 2.0 TO SERIAL (9-PIN) DB-9 RS-232 CABLE 1.8m CABLE with FTDI CHIPSET
and it works on Win 7 and Win 10 as does my old
Dontronics sourced USB to serial with FTDI chip.
My older Prolific device works on Win7 but not on
Win 10. On Win 10 the device manager finds the
device but says it isn't working properly. There
is apparently a work around for this (search
engines are your friend) but it involves a fair
bit of messing about to make sure the changes to
the PC are in fact non volatile so that you don't
need to do this very time you plug the thing in
to the PC. I couldn't find the earlier driver
that was necessary to install in Win8.1 or Win 10
to substitute for the ones provided that drive the 2303 HXD chip version.
Prolific (or the chip maker) will not be
producing drivers for Win 8.1 and Win 10. They
will produce drivers for the new 2303HXD chip for
these operating systems. So if you go to Win 8.1
or Win 10 your old Prolific or other 2303 chip
devices will not work. New ones with the newer chip version will.
The Sabrent device cost me $25 or so.
There are lots of cheaper ones on eBay but most
seem to use the 2303 chip and most likely the
earlier version which is why they are cheap as
the won't work with current operating systems.
Mike
At 10:34 AM 11/30/2015, you wrote:
I get one from a guy in Melbourne called
dontronics (Don McKenzie) & it always seems to
work.  Somebody at Southern Cross GC put me
on to these 8 years ago. Yes it is a few dollars more but always work.
I did had a Jaycar or Altronics one & sent it to
nick Gilbert to see if he could get it to work.
His response was "I threw it in the bin as was useless"
Ian Mc Phee
0428847642
Box 657 Byron Bay NSW 2481
On 30 Nov 2015 10:28 am, "jim crowhurst"
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all,
I've had limited (no) success with a serial to
USB connector I bought from Jaycar for my
laptop (running windows 8 64 bit) to talk to my
Lx 5000. Has anyone else had issues with these
connectors, or is there one make better than the others that works reliably?
Â
Jim
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