<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 5:27 PM, Steve Wall <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stevewmn@gmail.com" target="_blank">stevewmn@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">One prolific chip programming cable "gotcha" I haven't heard anyone<br>
mention is using the right USB port. Once you get it working by<br>
manually installing the old version of the prolific driver you have to<br>
plug your programming cable into that exact same USB port on your<br>
computer every time. I ran into this one after trying to reprogram a<br>
radio after a few months of use. After an hour or so of head<br>
scratching I switched ports and boom it worked perfectly again.<br></blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I have 2 USB ports on the front of my computer. I just plugged my Prolific based USB programming cable into the left USB port, waited for Win7 to install the latest driver and then downgraded it to the v3.2.0.0 driver. It was assigned COM2. I then removed the programming cable from the left USB port and plugged it into the right USB port. The Win7 driver install/downgrade process was repeated. Lastly I changed the right USB port to also be assigned COM2.<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">So I can plug my programming cable into either USB port without have to worry about driver issues or having to set CHIRP for a different COM port.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Jim KC9HI<br>
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