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<DIV>Dave:</DIV>
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<DIV>I had similar problems with USB/232 and Byonics TT 3 and 4. Byon suggested
I use the driver they use, and it loads as ports 8 and 15 on my HP desktop
running Windows 7 -32.</DIV>
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href="http://www.byonics.com/downloads/sabrent_usb_to_serial_drivers.zip">http://www.byonics.com/downloads/sabrent_usb_to_serial_drivers.zip</A></DIV>
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<DIV>It may take several tries to get it to load completely. My system loses the
internet connection after a couple seconds of the download, but eventually I get
it all.</DIV>
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PTSIZE="18"><B>Arthur L Smith</FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 size=5
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PTSIZE="10"></B>KB1TX<BR>KB1TX@AOL.COM<BR>Chocorua, NH, USA</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 2/1/2012 6:58:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
dave@g8kbv.demon.co.uk writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>While on
the subject of USB<>RS232...<BR><BR>Does anyone have any idea what the
trouble is with the recent Prolific <BR>drivers, on XP, Vista and 7 (32
bit.) Myself and others have found that <BR>many Ham applications can
have trouble now when using such chipset based <BR>adapters, ranging for
scrambled communications, to random BSoD's.<BR><BR>HRD/DM780 for instance
causes BSoD's at random times with my TS870, but <BR>DM780 on it's own works
fine for hours at a time. HRD will sometimes <BR>BSoD on it's own when
using any of the Prolific adapters I've tried, with <BR>radios that have a
very busy remote IO link..<BR><BR>A program I have to control an old Skanti
radio, that uses a low speed <BR>byte by byte handhaked protocol, just refuses
to work with the Prolific <BR>based adapters in any way.<BR><BR>However, an
older FTDI based adapter works 100% with everything! Pitty, <BR>it's
drivers don't run on 7, and those that do, wont recognise the 'good'
<BR>adapter. (PID/VID issues, customised in the hardware, and of course
you <BR>can't successfully "Hack" signed drivers any more.)<BR><BR>All the
apps work fine too on W2k/XP etc, on hardware based "Real" COM <BR>port's
(Antique ISA cards, and MoBo based etc.) On one XP machine where
<BR>I can have real COM ports, the FTDI and Prolific adapters installed,
<BR>everything other than the Prolific hosted ports work.<BR><BR>We've tried
altering or disabling the FIFO buffers, and so on, with <BR>little effect that
is any better. I've tried both sets of currently <BR>available
drivers from Prolific's website, also those supplied with some <BR>of the
adapters on mini CD. All have issues.<BR><BR>The problem seems to be
with data received from the "device" getting lost <BR>or scrambled between the
outside world and the application. The BSoD's <BR>are also worrying,
buffer overflows?<BR><BR>Data line signal voltages and waveforms look good
too, as much as you can <BR>tell with a 'scope that is. (+-6V, just like
the FTDI based devices.)<BR><BR>Any thoughts from the collective?
We've not seen any of the infamous <BR>"Error 10" problems, alegedly caused by
"Fake" chipsets, so we're at a <BR>bit of a loss after several weeks
trying.<BR><BR>Regards.<BR><BR>Dave G0WBX.<BR><BR><BR>On 31 Jan 2012 at 9:44,
david vanhorn wrote:<BR><BR>> <BR>> <BR>> For what it's worth, my
Acer Iconia A500 (android or windows models<BR>> available) has a USB host
port that works with the common serial port<BR>> adaptors, plus bluetooth
and
wifi.<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>aprssig
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list<BR>aprssig@tapr.org<BR>https://www.tapr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aprssig<BR>
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