[chirp_users] Windows 11

[Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF]

It surprises me, although it shouldn't, the number of people who ask the same question that's been asked and answered numerous times and is in the group archives, but then it's easier to be lazy and ask it again than do your own research and look to see if someone in the past has had the same question answered.

> On 05/04/2023 20:39 GMT Al Jones <al at aljones.us> wrote:
> 
>  
> Nigel, et al, personally it gets to be insulting to me (and others, 
> probably) when you all come back with "Get a real FTDI" chip.  I've been 
> around ham radio since I was a teen (more as a SWL) but when I bought my 
> first cable it was, of course, a counterfeit chip and I needed to 
> install the older Prolific driver ... I didn't find out anything about 
> the chips and the drivers till Windows did an update and wiped out the 
> driver loaded by the company software.
> I'd guess that most of the people who are asking "Why doesn't this 
> work?" already have spent money on a cable and are only now finding that 
> things aren't as straightforward as it should be ... if they'd bought 
> the right cable in the fist place.  It's a lot more pleasant experience 
> to help them solve their problems rather than infer they didn't do their 
> homework before they even knew there was a problem.
> 
> 
> 
> ------ Original Message ------
> >From "Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF" <nigel at ngunn.net>
> To "Dave B" <g8kbvdave at googlemail.com>; "Dave B via chirp_users" 
> <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> Date 4/5/2023 15:18:42
> Subject Re: [chirp_users] Windows 11
> 
> >You don't need to look else where.
> >Buy direct from the FTDI website.
> >
> >
> >
> >>  On 05/04/2023 19:26 GMT Dave B via chirp_users <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:
> >>
> >...
> >>
> >>  Buy a proper "Genuine" FTDI based cable. No more problems after that.
> >>
> >>  If your supplier/seller cannot guarantee a genuine FTDI based product,
> >>  look elsewhere. (Or build the cable assembly yourself.)
> >
> >Nigel A. Gunn, ///shoulders.outwards.resolutions tel +1-937-971-0366
> >Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF and GMRS WRBV701, e-mail nigel at ngunn.net www http://www.ngunn.net
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Nigel A. Gunn, ///shoulders.outwards.resolutions tel +1-937-971-0366
Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF and GMRS WRBV701, e-mail nigel at ngunn.net www http://www.ngunn.net