[chirp_users] FTDI good - not FTDI bad

[John Bryant]

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.
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