[time-nuts] Thunderbolt and USB to RS232 converters

[Didier Juges]

That's a good point. The older Prolific drivers had a nasty habit of
crashing my laptop (Win XP would not wake up) if I put it in hibernation
with the adapter plugged into the USB socket. The new drivers mostly fix the
problem. I may occasionaly have to unplug and replug the device after waking
up, but the OS no longer crashes.

Didier KO4BB

> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com 
> [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf Of Javier Herrero
> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 4:53 AM
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt and USB to RS232 converters
> 
> Hello,
> 
> The PL2303 is the Prolific one, I've been using adaptors with 
> this chip with the Thunderbolt (and many other things) with 
> no problem. Perhaps you could try to download the latest 
> drivers from the Prolific site.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Javier
> 
> Jeroen Bastemeijer escribió:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > OK, thanks for the FTDI chip tip! I opened up mine, the chips they 
> > used are the PL2303 and the ZT213.
> >
> > The PL2303 is used for the USB to serial (TTL) conversion, 
> the ZT213 
> > is comparable to the MAX232 and the like. I will try to 
> find another 
> > USB to serial converter (with the FTDI chip) and see if the 
> behaviour changes.
> >
> > Best regards, Jeroen
> >
> 
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