#Pl2303 to usb ch340 driver
You need luck and patience (likely 2nd or 3d driver) to find a driver that works for your XP (or newer windows). The situation got worse around 2005-2006 and after that sometimes got better (almost seemed OK at a point), sometimes worse. When we requested, we did not even get a reply from them. versions working with their sold 10+ million pl2303 chips.
#Pl2303 to usb ch340 serial
if the flow of bytes is continuous, the windows driver dies less frequently than if the flow sometimes stops, than starts again - which is otherwise a perfectly normal flow-pattern for any serial port) trying patterns that tend to avoid triggering the driver bugs (eg.Likely the only proper solution given that the windows driver sometimes even crashes before the application could open the port (the only cure for that is a good driver or a good OS). pl2303: using linux live-USB (which goes around the windows-prolific crap altogether).We are working on workarounds to get best possible effect out of the crappy driver. After 2012 this became rare though) Even worst with lotsof traffic (as in VemsTune) especially in a noisy environment (where the adapter chip sometimes resets). Sometimes even takes the whole windows with it with blue death (a driver should never, do that ! If that happens, under any circumstances, that driver is crap.
#Pl2303 to usb ch340 drivers
Prolific drivers sometimes fail even with just Brayterm, but more likely to fail with more traffic. Unfortunately prolific has flooded the market with bad windows drivers. Alternatively PL2303_Prolific_Drivers/ (click here) which contains a saved driver.If more than one driver can be found, it's the installer's task to identify, download, install, reboot, test. might cause mysterious communication problem apparently working with some apps under some circumstances and not with others, due to buffering problems in the windows driver: in that case another driver is needed, your windows milage may vary). But the driver from the CD (might be included if >6 pieces purchased in same order) might not be the best breed (eg. or ch340/341 chip nice-blue semi-transparent with transparent grey cable (ch340 type only recommended for windows, might not be fully compatible with linux modprobe ch341 even with 1 line removed from ch341.c).ĭriver available for all windows."best-connectivity" (overmoulded grey, and comes with a DSUB9-25 adapter, also pl2303) + 7V voltage levels, compatible with genboard v3.x) on computers with USB port (most notebooks nowadays lack builtin RS232 port).ĭepending on supply shipment, one of 3 types is in inventory: This item is only kept for those who are good at downloading and installing OS drivers (trying other driver versions if necessary, disabling driver signing, whatever it takes: recommended to get 4 or more of the same type working/tested at the same batch to have clear view of their operation - the FTDI has well 0.6m or longer cable (depending on version) that provides an RS232 port (standard, appr. IMPORTANT: the FTDI type USB to RS232 adapter is recommended INSTEAD OF THIS ! - mostly because it has more stable windows driver.