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Prolific USB to Serial Driver for Windows 10
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Post 1 made on Saturday January 5, 2019 at 09:09
mrtristan
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Loaded Pronto Edit software into my Windows 10 successfully but can't seem to get Pronto to connect using Prolific USB to Serial. Windows says the driver is not operating properly. Anyone know what I can do to get it going?
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Post 2 made on Saturday January 5, 2019 at 11:40
Barry Gordon
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I am a long term Pronto user and have no idea what a "Prolific USB to Serial" is. I suggest you post on the Philips Pronto Professional Remote forum, which is also on Remote Central under Professional Remote Controls. That forum is dedicated to the Pronto Remotes.

As I recall the remote base (Charging base for 9600 and 9800) just connects to a plain old simple USB cable with the specific end that matches the connector on the base which I believe is a "mini-A". The 9400 connects directly to the same cable, not through the base

Last edited by Barry Gordon on January 5, 2019 11:54.
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Post 3 made on Saturday January 5, 2019 at 12:23
Daniel Tonks
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If he's using serial he may be talking about the original Pronto.

See here: [Link: remotecentral.com]

And specifically [Link: remotecentral.com] which seems to talk about Prolific and Windows 10.
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Post 4 made on Saturday January 5, 2019 at 14:55
Barry Gordon
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Thanks Daniel, You are probably correct. I can't even remember the original Pronto. That was a long time ago and I am getting to old.
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Post 5 made on Saturday January 5, 2019 at 19:26
davidcasemore
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When I connect hardware to my iMac it simply works. When I attach hardware to my Windows 10 laptop all I ever get is:

"Windows is searching for a solution". It never, ever finds one.

I gave up trying to connect a URC remote which uses Active Sync to my Windows 10 laptop and had to dig out a Windows 7 machine to get it to connect. Whatever good the Bill Gates Foundation does in the world, it will never be enough to atone for the sins of Microsoft.
Fins: Still Slamming' His Trunk on pilgrim's Small Weenie - One Trunk at a Time!
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Post 6 made on Saturday January 5, 2019 at 21:20
mark65
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Windows 10 automatically loads the latest driver. If you go to Device Manager you'll probably see your adapter has an issue. You need to force it to use the driver from 2008. Do a web search for the following driver.
PL2303_Prolific_Vista_332102
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Post 7 made on Saturday January 5, 2019 at 23:52
Daniel Tonks
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On January 5, 2019 at 19:26, davidcasemore said...
When I connect hardware to my iMac it simply works. When I attach hardware to my Windows 10 laptop all I ever get is:

"Windows is searching for a solution". It never, ever finds one.

I gave up trying to connect a URC remote which uses Active Sync to my Windows 10 laptop and had to dig out a Windows 7 machine to get it to connect. Whatever good the Bill Gates Foundation does in the world, it will never be enough to atone for the sins of Microsoft.

To be fair, I think URC made a very poor decision in designing a remote control around a PDA/desktop sync function. That never made much sense to me. Like why? Just an attempt to save writing some basic upload/download code?

On January 5, 2019 at 21:20, mark65 said...
Windows 10 automatically loads the latest driver. If you go to Device Manager you'll probably see your adapter has an issue. You need to force it to use the driver from 2008. Do a web search for the following driver.
PL2303_Prolific_Vista_332102

Thanks, Mark. That jives with what I was reading. And make sure it's set to COM1 if you can.
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Post 8 made on Sunday January 6, 2019 at 00:58
tomciara
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When I have used usb to serial, I sometimes have to change the port setting from 1 to 3 or some random number.
There is no truth anymore. Only assertions. The internet world has no interest in truth, only vindication for preconceived assumptions.
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Post 9 made on Sunday January 6, 2019 at 14:21
Don Heany
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On January 5, 2019 at 14:55, Barry Gordon said...
Thanks Daniel, You are probably correct. I can't even remember the original Pronto. That was a long time ago and I am getting to old.

TSU2000 was the BOMB!!! Got me away from IntelliControl, and into making bitmaps:)
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