just to be contra… I have Proflic working perfectly in Win 10, in Parallels on a MAC
> On 30 Nov 2015, at 12:06 PM, Mike Borgelt <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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> > > <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 with FTDI > CHIPSET > <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>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" <[email protected] >> <mailto:[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? >> >>  >> >> Jim >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring >> <http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring >> <http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring>Borgelt Instruments - >> design & manufacture of quality soaring instrumentation since 1978 > www.borgeltinstruments.com > <http://www.borgeltinstruments.com/>tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: > int+61-7-4635 5784 > mob: 042835 5784 : int+61-42835 5784 > P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
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