The recommended Drivers and Info can be found at the This driver for Win XP can be found here: If you are using Win XP, the Prolific driver Prolific Driver 3.2.0.0 recommended for Vista, Win7/8/10 See step 7 in the 'Installing the Backdated Prolific PL-3203 Driver' section below. Note: If you recently upgraded to Win10 and the V3.2.0.0 driver was previously installed on your computer, you will only need to select it again. If Windows does not automatically load the proper driver, a caution If this occurs, you Must backdate your driver to 3.2.0.0 It was done to prevent use of the cloned chip. The cable is inserted into the radio, the transmitter will turn on. This When opening Device Manager, the Yellow Caution Triangle may not appear, however, when Windows may attempt to automatically load the Prolific driver 3.6.xx.xxx when inserting your cable. The last compatible Prolific driver was v3.3.2.105. The latest driver installed by Windows (Vista, 7, 8.1 and 10) is not compatible with these chips. Nearly every programming cable that is detected by Windows as having a Prolific chip was manufactured with an unauthorized or cloned copy of the Prolific PL2303HXA chip. Not, the driver and procedure can be found at this Link.ĭrivers for the Silicon Labs chipset (CP210x) should alsoĭownload automatically. The driver should also download automatically. Many Baofeng and generic programming cables are shipping with the WCH chipset (CH340/341). Not all provided CDs come with the correct drivers.īy using Windows Device Manager, you should easily be able to determine whichĬables with FTDI chipset (FT232R) will automatically download the Not all cables load the correct driver automatically.

Programming cable Must have the correct driver installed

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