You don't. FTDI adaptors are available direct from the FTDI website and attach your own cable.
On 18/08/2024 20:22 EDT Adam Parsons via Users users@lists.chirpmyradio.com wrote:
Yeah, but where can you buy a cable with a guaranteed PL2303GS chipset? Chances are, you'll get an older one (or clone thereof) and be stuffed. And to be honest, it's pretty poor that the latest Prolific drivers don't recognise the older chipset and do their thing the way the older driver versions managed to. It's all a bit of a mess, and the only way to really avoid the problem is to go FTDI - a company that seems to have got their act together. A shame, as several years ago, Prolific were the trusted name in USB to Serial converters. How times change.
Adam
On Mon, 19 Aug 2024 at 00:58, Jim Unroe via Users < users@lists.chirpmyradio.com> wrote:
On Sun, Aug 18, 2024 at 7:50 PM Adam Parsons via Users users@lists.chirpmyradio.com wrote:
I've had issues using a Retevis-branded programming cable, too, although
in
my case, the problem was on Windows! It's always been a bit of a
challenge
to find a Prolific USB/Serial driver version that actually works with a given Prolific-based programming cable, but under Windows 11, it pretty much seems none of the drivers work. I would have expected you to have
had
more success under Linux than Windows!
Regardless, using a FTDI-based cable should be much more reliable. I've
had
no issues with mine. I would imagine that using BlueMax49ers from France won't be particularly easy or cheap, but you should be able to find a few FTDI programming cables on Amazon (I got mine from Amazon UK). Yes, they are approaching twice the price of the Prolific cables, but they do work....which makes them a lot more valuable in my opinion. The cable I bought had the description "DTech USB Programming Cable FTDI Chip for BaoFeng UV-5R BF-F8HP UV-82HP UV-82 BF-888S H777 TH Series K1 Kenwood 2
Pin
Connector Two Way Ham Radio Cord" - just ensure it states that it uses
the
FTDI USB to serial converter chip.
Good luck.
Adam
In order to use a Prolific chip based programming cable with Windows, the chip in the cable must be the latest PL2303GS version to be used with the latest driver. For the older (considered end-of-life by Prolific) PL2303HX and PL2303TA chip, you must use the v3.2.0.0 driver (Windows 7, 8, 10 and 11) or v2.0.2.1 (Windows XP). Links to the needed drivers are available on the Miklor website.
https://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php
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