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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Yep!<br>
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The Prolific, manufacturer of the "real" chips, keeps producing
updated software to outsmart the Chinese imitators hardware.<br>
Windows gets and installs the latest "correct" software, which the
Chinese hardware won't cooperate with. Bugger!<br>
Search online for an old version of the "real" software, which
will work with the Chinese hardware. I did this for my Icom IC-R2
scanner, my Baofeng UV-5R handheld and a "green" mains power
monitor. Install the old software version and instruct Windoze to
never update it. <br>
<br>
The version of software that works for me is Prolific v3.2.0.0
dated 31-07-2007.<br>
<br>
Ray vk2tv<br>
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On 26/01/14 06:19, Kent Hufford wrote:<br>
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style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The
driver software for the USB adapter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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WILL ROBINSON..<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Some
cheap USB to serial adapters or USB to Radio adapters
(Wouxun/Baufang, etc) use a Chinese version of the FIDI
adapter. If you have one of these cables and a modern
Windows software, the Windows software will see you Chinese
fake FIDI adapter and try and load a real US licensed
version of the driver, which will show up with a yellow flag
in Device manager and will not work. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">You
then have to trick modern Windows into loading the fake
Chinese FIDI driver to run your adapter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Some
of the more expensive Chinese adapters use a real US Fidi
chip and will run with the real FIDI driver.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org">aprssig-bounces@tapr.org</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org">mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Steve
Noskowicz<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 25, 2014 1:57 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> TAPR APRS Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [aprssig] IC-706 CT-17 cable<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">I see that $13.29
is a very reasopnable price, but I wonder what's on the
CD.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
Kriss A Kliegle <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:kliegle@myfairpoint.net">kliegle@myfairpoint.net</a>><br>
<b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">aprssig@tapr.org</a>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 24, 2014 7:19 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [aprssig] IC-706 CT-17 cable</span><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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a link from Amazon:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a
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href="http://www.amazon.com/Interface-Ic-706-Ic-781-Ic-820-Ic-r7100/dp/B00G8IM8QC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390612548&sr=8-1&keywords=CI-V+Icom++IC-706"
target="_blank"
title="http://www.amazon.com/Interface-Ic-706-Ic-781-Ic-820-Ic-r7100/dp/B00G8IM8QC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390612548&sr=8-1&keywords=CI-V+Icom++IC-706">http://www.amazon.com/Interface-Ic-706-Ic-781-Ic-820-Ic-r7100/dp/B00G8IM8QC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390612548&sr=8-1&keywords=CI-V+Icom++IC-706</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
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a list of all available:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=CI-V%20Icom%20IC-706"
target="_blank"
title="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=CI-V%20Icom%20IC-706">http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=CI-V%20Icom%20IC-706</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">73
de Kriss KA1GJU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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