Yes Neil, the damage is not irreparable if you know how to do it, but 90% of
the public will perceive their device as clinically dead!
My point is that FTDI realized their error and removed it. Whilst not
resolving their situation, they at least have saved some 'face'.
73,
Alan. G4GNX
-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Zampella
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2014 11:41 AM
To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] RS232 interface
Just a heads up ...
FTDI has released another update of their driver, removing the offending
code that disables counterfeit chips, the older driver that does the
disabling has been removed from the Windows update.
However, if you have a previously bricked RS232/USB converter, there is
no easy way to fix that issue other than going into the chips NVRAM and
resetting the hardware code.
Neil
KB3TVU
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