Hi all,
I have had an experience with the Chinese "fake" Prolific USB to serial
chips. A Wouxun VHF/UHF handeld would not work with my Win7 computer
because the Prolific drivers identified the chip as a fake Chinese
knockoff. I tried the solutions in the web as well as the older
Prolific drivers with no great success. I even tried the Linux
solutions and was not able to program the handheld (I am not a Linux
guru, but I followed the instructions). Simply, it did not work, and I
am not willing to keep a Windows XP computer going just for these
Chinese fake chips. I bought the programming cable in good faith, but
that faith has been destroyed by the Chinese fake chips.
I ordered a serial to Kenwood programming cable from Powerworks and I
should be able to program it with either a real serial port or a good
USB to serial adapter. That should solve my problem. There is nothing
wrong with good old RS232 serial ports, they are a constant among the
USB 'alternatives'.
Yes, the Win7 and Win8 drivers for both Prolific and FTDI chips will
detect these counterfeit chips and will not successfully load the
drivers. I found out the hard way.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 3/27/2014 8:27 PM, Doug Person wrote:
Personally, I have had some aggravation with USB to serial port
converters so I thought I would pass along my experience with a good
product.
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