All this devices use a pl2303 to provide a connection to an usb port, but inside, they are rs232like interface build and appear as a com port in your. In case you suspect a counterfeit chip inside, you may also contact prolific to provide the vendor information. Usb to serial adapter is available in carrier board accessory kit. If you are also interested you can purchase a ftdi based usb serial adapter drivers for windows or a prolific based usb to serial adapter. There are a number of prolific serial drivers and these have been listed below. Prolific does not sell cables with prolific brand and packaging. If the prolific usb to serial drivers below do not work then see the usb to rs232 driver for more information as it uses more than one option. We have downloads available for all major chipsets ftdi, prolific, and oxford.
Drivers for the usb to serial adapters can be downloaded from the prolific u. These have support for the prolific 2303 chipset, and recognize the plug and play ids of the plugable adapter. There is lots of people reporting problems with w10 and prolific devices based on popular pl2303 adapter. The adapter uses the standard usb prolific vid and pid of 0. Aten as well as bafo make these adapters and you can check to see how best to use these and how to install them as well. These range from the minicom adapter as well as the prolific adapter drivers as well as windows and linux instructions. Prolific technology is a ic design house company and asic design service provider for usb smart io usb to uart, card readers, external usb drive, intelligent green energy saving, and mixedmode hall sensor solutions. How to install prolific usb to serial driver on windows 8. Prolific provides perfect solution to connect your legacy peripherals and application to any usb host platform. Prolific usbtoserial comm port windows 10 microsoft. Connect the usb to serial adapter to the usb port of your windows 8 pclaptop. This article demonstrates how to install driver for usb to serial adapter on windows 8. Open source drivers are included in linux kernels 2.
There is also an explanation here usb to rs232 driver which also uses a prolific usb driver. Prolific also prohibits the distribution of any pl drivers including download links without. Codi usb to serial driver now click the 10 and you have the hex to decimal conversion. Prolific offers complete usb to serial uartrs232 and usb to printer interface bridge solution for windows, mac, linux, and android platform. Double click lpt and com ports then locate the prolific usb to serial driver and right click it so you can select update driver for driver software click my computer from my computer select let me pick from a list of drivers available.
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