Upon further research, it appears these drivers are only appropriate for USB-to-Serial adapters based on the Prolific chipset,<i> not</i> FTDI.<div><br></div><div>The official web site for these drivers is:</div><div><br></div>
<blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><a href="http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/downloads.asp?id=31">http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/downloads.asp?id=31</a></div>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>and PL2303_Prolific_DriverInstaller_v1417.zip appears to contain:</div><div><br></div><div><div>- Windows 2000/XP/Server2003 (32 & 64-bit) WDM WHQL Driver: v2.0.16.166</div><div>- Windows Vista/7/Server2008 (32 & 64-bit) WDF WHQL Driver: v3.3.17.203</div>
</div><div><br></div><div>It would be nice to know if these drivers work as well.</div><div><br></div><div>The link below seems to point to an older version (3.2.0.0 ?) It also seems the vendor, <a href="http://www.valley-ent.com">www.valley-ent.com</a>, no longer sells anything with a Prolific chipset, only FTDI, so the link may eventually disappear.</div>
<div><br></div><div>73,</div><div>Bob, N6TV</div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Bob Wilson, N6TV <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:n6tv@arrl.net">n6tv@arrl.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Thanks for posting the info, but are you saying that this driver helps <i>both</i> Prolific and FTDI USB-to-Serial adapters work better?<div>
<br></div><div>Can you show us how you navigated to the executable link from the main web page? A direct link to an exe is useful, but the context of that link (HTML page) would be helpful as documentation.</div>
<div><br></div><div>73,</div><div>Bob, N6TV<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">2011/7/19 José Nunes CT1BOH <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ct1boh@gmail.com" target="_blank">ct1boh@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
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<div>Many people have reported problems with COM to USB adpters under Windows 7.</div>
<div>I have been told that I should use USB to serial adapters based on the FTDI chip set instead of Prolific chip set.</div>
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<div>With this driver, all my problems went away, no matter what USB to serial adapters I use</div>
<div><a href="http://www.valley-ent.com/soft/radio/PL2303Vista3200.exe" target="_blank">http://www.valley-ent.com/soft/radio/PL2303Vista3200.exe</a></div>
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<div>Tks CT1ILT for tip.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>-- <br>José Nunes<br>CONTEST CT1BOH - <a href="http://www.qsl.net/ct1boh" target="_blank">http://www.qsl.net/ct1boh</a></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote>
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