On 6/4/19 5:48 am, Thomas Morehouse wrote:
To help my overloaded brain ... when folks refer to "the Prolific problem" ... is that a reference to the usb/serial cable? or to a chip on the Windows machine?
Hi Thomas. I'm not sure this got specifically answered for you. The "Prolific problem" refers to the brand of chip inside your USB cable (specifically, located inside the DB9 connector), and is the USB to serial converter. FTDI is the other manufacturer, whose drivers and chips tend to "work better". There are a variety of manufacturers, but FTDI tend to be less problematic (note the lack of absolutes in this description). (And good to see you got the potential issue diagnosed). Cheers, Daryl.
