This USB/serial adapter has the FTDI chipset and is $14.99 USD. It is the one I am using on my Windows 10 laptop. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DCJRD2Y?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00
Ken WA2LBI On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 12:34 PM, David J Taylor < david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > There are multiple possible issues: > > 1) Most (like 99.99%) new laptops do not have a com port, that gets you to > some sort of external port > 2) USB is pretty common, but as mentioned in another thread, ethernet and > bluetooth are also quite possible. > 3) Since it is an external bus, the connection it’s self may be down (bad > cable / hub / out of range / turned off …) > 4) Assuming the connection is there, you now need drivers. They have to > match both the device and the OS > > Yes, this is “fun”. It’s hardly restricted to serial ports or to any one > OS. My $6 Chinese clone programming adapters > just stopped working when the FPGA vendor upgraded their software. Oddly > enough, the vendor’s $300 adapter still > works fine with the new drivers. Since I didn’t pay $294 for the IP > protection when I bought my clones … that’s the way > it works. Hopefully there will be new clones along “real soon now”. > > If your (a wild guess) USB serial adapter is not being recognized, I’d > check the driver status in your OS. Google is > quite helpful coming up with multiple screen shots of how to get to the > right screen for just about any OS version on > the planet. That screen will show you if the driver is installed and what > com port the driver decided to use. The port number > is a driver (not os) decision in many cases. It could just as easily be > Com56 as Com1. The drivers do this so they don’t > “duplicate” a previous assignment. > > Lots of fun… > > Bob > ===================================== > > Bob, > > USB to serial, I can recommend: > > > http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004ZMYTYC?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00 > > which works well under Windows-10. It has an FTDI chipset and not a copy. > Must be about US $20. > > Whatever I'm using to talk to my Arduino board also works - ah, that's a > genuine FTDI chipset as well. But I do have a PL???? cable which also > works nicely. > > I certainly don't think that needing to upgrade drivers or a single piece > of hardware is a sufficient reason for someone to swap back to Win-7. > > Cheers, > David > -- > SatSignal Software - Quality software written to your requirements > Web: http://www.satsignal.eu > Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk > Twitter: @gm8arv > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
