So so much pain with the Prolific. Every variation of the chip seems to need a different driver and the market it flooded with clones that will not work with the official drivers. Stay well clear.
I use this site for any convertors I need. They detail everything you need to know including what chip they are based upon. http://www.usconverters.com/ -- Richard A Clafton | the brITish guy | W5\G7EIX RIROC - Hosting - Development - Technology http://www.riroc.com | [email protected] "Jack of all trades, master of none, though often better than the master of one." -----Original Message----- From: Flexedge [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Ellison Sent: Monday, April 8, 2013 5:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] USB to Serial Personally, I would not purchase any USB to Serial adapter that uses the Prolific chipset. Their drivers are a pain to work with. I would only use devices that utilize the FTDI chipset Tim Ellison On 4/8/2013 5:18 PM, bill wrote: > http://www.lunaticastronomical.com/epages/LunaticoUSA.mobile/en_GB/?Ob > jectPath=/Shops/LunaticoUSA/Products/BCAUSE2 > > > > I just saw this on one of the WX instruments sites I check. > Absolutely no experience with it and don't know if it uses the FTD > chip > _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software innovation and other technical SDR topics. _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software innovation and other technical SDR topics.
