This is true and just one more good reason to switch to the FTDI chipset. My company just bit the bullet and replaced about 200 of the prolific devices for FTDI. IT department headache number 5 alleviated.
On 1/28/2012 12:00 AM, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote: You do know that there are counterfeit Prolific chips and the latest drivers from Prolific disable them. I've had no end of trouble with those lately and I finally bought TrippLite/Keyspan USB-to-serial cables. You don't say where you got the cable you're talking about, but if they have translucent blue plastic, there's a good chance it's a counterfeit chip according to what I've seen on the intarwebs. -- R. Kevin Stover AC0H ARRL FISTS #11993 SKCC #215 NAQCC #3441 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
