On 2017-07-30 14:22, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
...it's not a CHIRP problem but there are Chinese made adapters that use fake chips using the Prolific chip. The FTDI chip based cables work fine.
The FTDI USB/RS-232 chips have also been counterfeited, tho' seemingly not in such great numbers.
Remember when FTDI released a driver that detected the fake parts and bricked 'em? After (I suspect a severe scolding for) using MS to distribute the driver, they released a follow-up that, like Prolific's, merely declines to work with counterfeit parts. (Least that's my recollection.)
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/ftdi-abuses-windows-update-pushing-driv...
http://hackaday.com/2016/02/01/ftdi-drivers-break-fake-chips-again/
Benton 30jul17 -- KF7QLP benton@siletzbay.com