Just a note that may save someone a little time in the future.
I needed to program a couple of old URC remote controls using PC software via serial port. I usually use a 15 year old Thinkpad laptop to do it because it is the only machine that I own that has a serial port but this time I decided instead to try a USB to serial port adapter.
I bought this cable, plugged it into my Lenovo Win10 laptop and it worked right out of the box. I have read that it would require adding a driver in earlier versions of Windows. The cable uses the Prolific PL-2303 chipset
https://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id=103&cp_id=10311&cs_id=1031104&p_id=3726&seq=1&format=2
The USB kept connecting and disconnecting in the first USB port that I tried so i moved the cable to a second port and it works fine. I'm not sure if I blame the port being a little worn or if it has to do with the USB version of that port.
Mike.
I needed to program a couple of old URC remote controls using PC software via serial port. I usually use a 15 year old Thinkpad laptop to do it because it is the only machine that I own that has a serial port but this time I decided instead to try a USB to serial port adapter.
I bought this cable, plugged it into my Lenovo Win10 laptop and it worked right out of the box. I have read that it would require adding a driver in earlier versions of Windows. The cable uses the Prolific PL-2303 chipset
https://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id=103&cp_id=10311&cs_id=1031104&p_id=3726&seq=1&format=2
The USB kept connecting and disconnecting in the first USB port that I tried so i moved the cable to a second port and it works fine. I'm not sure if I blame the port being a little worn or if it has to do with the USB version of that port.
Mike.