I simply can't get the Prolific cable to work with my new Btech uv-2501. I've tried all the drvrs from the old 2007 drvr recommended on the Miklor site to the very latest one from Prolific's site. Both of them satisfy my Windows 7 (no yellow flag). But they all give the "failed to enter clone mode" error. So, I've ordered a FTDI cable and have crossed fingers that there isn't actually some problem with the transceiver.
On 8/29/2016 12:01 PM, Drew from Zhrodague wrote:
On 8/27/16 7:42 PM, Richard B. Emerson wrote:
Following the traffic here, I think the following should be (if it isn't) a FAQ item. Nonetheless it bears repeating here:
FTDI conversion chips and drivers are extremely stable. Anything else, including Prolific, is a gamble with poor odds. It's that simple.
This is true for Windows, and for OSX - for the most part. I've had wacky behavior and performance with the knock-off Prolific things on OSX.
However crappy the Prolific chips are, they seem to work just fine with all of the different Linux distributions I've tried. Simply plug them in, and they work. For this reason, I usually buy the Prolific $1.40 knock-off usb/serial dongles from EBay. _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to john at parrotdise13@att.net To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com