Thanks Dick and Mark for your replies. My cable was purchased from elecraft, I will get an FDTI adaptor and see how that goes.
Chris VK2ACD On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 10:42 AM Dick Dievendorff <d...@elecraft.com> wrote: > This is probably a message from a Windows USB driver install. I don’t > recall adding that text to the K3 Utility. > > Early KUSB cables used a chipset from a company named Prolofic. Their > brand fell on hard times, there were reportedly some counterfeits. Device > driver support comes from the OS and device vendors, we use what’s there. I > suspect Windows 10 no longer supports the Prolific chipset. > > We’ve moved on (some years ago, more than 10) to USB to serial adapters > that use the FTDI chipset. I’d recommend moving to an adapter with an FTDI > chipset. Elecraft’s KUSB is not the only USB to Serial adapter with the > FTDI chipset, but it does have jack screws to hold the 9-pin connector to > the back of the K3. > > The K3 Utility will use whatever driver the OS provides for the selected > COM port. > > 73 de Dick, K6KR > > > On Jan 17, 2021, at 15:27, Chris Meagher <acdmeag...@gmail.com> 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to d...@elecraft.com > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
