You cable likely has a fake Prolific USB to RS232 chip. The latest drivers will refuse to use it. Where did the cable come from? I don't think Elecraft used fake chips.
You probably need a new cable to work with the latest drivers. 73, Mark W7MLG On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 4:26 PM Chris Meagher <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > I recently acquired a new shack laptop, Win 10 Home, > connected elecraft USB-RS232 cable to update firmware with the latest > utility. > But unsuccessful, got the message - > <PL2303HXA phased out since 2012, please contact your supplier> > > So I ended up doing it no problems with an older Win 7 laptop. > Does anyone have any experience with this or a solution? > > thanks > Chris VK2ACD K3/10 serial no. in the 600's > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
