[OT] Recommendations for USB-Serial adapter for use with LabVIEW Community Edition and Windows 10

[Kyle97330]

It kind of sounds like you have a counterfeit chip, and the official Prolific driver that you had got smart enough to detect it as a fake and is trying to alert you.

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@Hooovahh wrote:

I plugged in a USB to serial device today, and checked the device manager, and I chuckled when I saw how it showed up.

I loaded up an older version of the driver and it worked fine.

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I mean, if it works then go for it.  But if it has issues, I think you have a clue here.

[pauldavey]

I have had good success with this brand/model:

https://www.brainboxes.com/product/usb-to-serial/usb/us-235

[Hooovahh]

Oh I 100% knew it was a counterfeit Prolific chip, which is why I wanted to update this thread.  I've just never seen it show up as that in the Device Manager before.  Usually it gives back Error Code 10 and won't work.  If you force it to load up an older version of the driver it works fine.  Years ago at another company we bought a literal tub of them for cheap.