IanScrim
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Just had a terrible day trying to get my PC NAVTEX PRO MkII with the serial port connector working with my new Windows 8 PC which only has USB connections.
The latest Prolific USB to Serial drivers failed to load and Device manager came up with a code 10 fault.
Eventually I found a solution at
http://social.technet.microsoft.com...46131/prolific-comm-to-usb-driver-not-working
see text below
I found the 3.2.0.0 driver at
http://hamcoach.blogspot.gr/2013/09/prolific-3200-driver-guide-for-widows-7.html
And then finally
The Navtex program needs running as an administrator
Hope this saves somebody some time and grief!
Text from site copied below
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"No need to copy files to the drivers directory, etc. at all! I got my PL-2303 USB-to-Serial-Converter running on a 32-bit machine with Windows 8 as follows. My Windows 8 installation is in German, so I have to translate.
Go to the device manager and plug in your USB-to-Serial cable. The device icon should pop up in "COM & LPT" with a yellow mark that indicates that the device is not correctly installed.
Double click to open its properties.
Go to the "Driver" tab and hit the button to update your driver.
I see two options "Automatically look for new drivers" and "Look for drivers on your computer". Choose to look on your computer.
Now you may specify a path to look for drivers. Leave it blank and choose to select a driver from a list of drivers on your computer.
On my computer it shows four different "Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port" drivers. Choose version 3.2.0.0.
The driver version 3.2.0.0 [31.07.2007] works fine on my Windows 8 32-bit installation, while the newer versions of the driver (3.3.5.122 and 3.4.36.247) do not. Hopefully, this helps someone out there. "
The latest Prolific USB to Serial drivers failed to load and Device manager came up with a code 10 fault.
Eventually I found a solution at
http://social.technet.microsoft.com...46131/prolific-comm-to-usb-driver-not-working
see text below
I found the 3.2.0.0 driver at
http://hamcoach.blogspot.gr/2013/09/prolific-3200-driver-guide-for-widows-7.html
And then finally
The Navtex program needs running as an administrator
Hope this saves somebody some time and grief!
Text from site copied below
--------------------------------------------------------------
"No need to copy files to the drivers directory, etc. at all! I got my PL-2303 USB-to-Serial-Converter running on a 32-bit machine with Windows 8 as follows. My Windows 8 installation is in German, so I have to translate.
Go to the device manager and plug in your USB-to-Serial cable. The device icon should pop up in "COM & LPT" with a yellow mark that indicates that the device is not correctly installed.
Double click to open its properties.
Go to the "Driver" tab and hit the button to update your driver.
I see two options "Automatically look for new drivers" and "Look for drivers on your computer". Choose to look on your computer.
Now you may specify a path to look for drivers. Leave it blank and choose to select a driver from a list of drivers on your computer.
On my computer it shows four different "Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port" drivers. Choose version 3.2.0.0.
The driver version 3.2.0.0 [31.07.2007] works fine on my Windows 8 32-bit installation, while the newer versions of the driver (3.3.5.122 and 3.4.36.247) do not. Hopefully, this helps someone out there. "
