Here is a very good explanation about USB to serial port converters. ( see below) You pay a higher price but the recommended one works with my Windows 7 PC. I have had no problems connecting older RS232 equipment to my Windows 7 PC. It works like a champ. I have no interest in the US Converters but there products work well! http://www.usconverters.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=62
> On Mar 27, 2014, at 8:57 PM, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
