** Reply to message from Fernando Cassia <fcas...@gmail.com> on Sat, 29 Jun 2013 22:30:16 -0300
> On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Cliff Scott <c...@intergate.com> wrote: > > I'm afraid that your broad judgement on "all others are junk" is a bit too > > broad. > > Yes, you're right my comment was too broad, I meant "all other cables > I have tried were junk". I dont mean to imply FTDI are the only good > ones... just the only good ones I know about. > > But it was cables with Prolific chipset the ones that made me go > through "drivers hell" on Windows machines. Prolific says on its web > page that there are copied versions of its chip set, and that because > of that newer drivers detect "fake" ones and refuse to work. > > " > > Warning Notice: Please be warned that counterfeit (fake) PL-2303HX > (Chip Rev A) USB to Serial Controller ICs using our name, and device > drivers, were being sold in the China market. Counterfeit IC products > show exactly the same outside chip markings but generally are of poor > quality and causes Windows driver compatibility issues (Yellow Mark > Error Code 10). We issue this warning to all our customers and > consumers to avoid confusion and false purchase." > > > Well, if a company cant protect its IP or fight knock-offs being sold > in the open market, and not a dark street corner, it s certainly a > firm I dont want to do business with. "Avoid confusion and false > purchase"... the nerve of this people! how am I supposed to know? Have > they heard about holograms? (like some Taiwanese wifi vendors > implemented), or codes I could enter on its web site to check?). They > say nothing about that, so I guess you buy a Prolific cable and you > mightas well flip a coin to know if it s legit or fake. > > They cant even speak English for Gods sake. What is a false purchase? > a purchase made by con men, that doesn't actually happen? a visual > trick?.... ohh they meant "avoid confusion and the purchas of a false > unit"... now I get it. > > see also > http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/40343/using-max232-to-fix-prolific-usb-to-serial-voltage-levels > > I dont know if that was the cause, but most of the Made in China USB > rs232 cables available for cheap down here have a Prolific chipset > inside. I had to go to great lengths to find ones with FTDI > chipset,and the difference was day and night, flawless operation from > minute one with FTDI. Drivers hell with Prolific. > > My suggestion remains, unless you buy something with a "known good" > chipset like FTDI, chances are, you are asking yourself for trouble. > > I hope you dont work for Prolific or one of its distributors and felt > offended, but that's my experience. If you ever visit Argentina and > drop by you can have the 4 or 5 JUNK CABLES that are taking space in > my drawer. > > FC I'm not offended. You've had a bad experience. I haven't yet. I suppose their drivers not working on the copied chips is their way of telling you that you got a bad one, but of course they should come right out and say this chip is not a real one so you know it isn't a software problem. If you want to find fault with their English I could point to your spelling and say with almost every email program out there a spell checker is available, why not use it, but of course I wouldn't say that. 'nuff said. Cliff ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe
