Once you have issued the following command it will present you with a menu.
This easiest way to do this is via ‘minicom’. usb 5-1: >pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0įinally, you will need to connect through to serial device /dev/ttyUSB0. USB Serial support registered for pl2303 You should now see that it is now showing as attached by running ‘dmesg’. Note : To ensure this survives a reboot append this line to ‘/etc/modules’ ~ $ sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x 067b product=0x 2303 Then load the kernel module via the following command. PL2303 Serial Portīus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hubīus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Taiwan (formerly Feiya Technology Corp.)īus 005 Device 002: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. So high five to Linux and I certainly wont be using CNET downloads again !īus 002 Device 002: ID 090c:37a2 Silicon Motion, Inc. Loaded the necessary kernel module and tested. Back to square 1.Īfter wasting 2 hours trying to get this working in Windows I powered up Linux Mint. Finally after cleaning up my machine and finding the drivers from a source not intent in filling my machine full of rubbish I discovered that the drivers fail to work correctly for Windows 7 64bit based platforms. Even though the CNET downloader told me it was downloading at 28K in the background it was installing 8 (yes 8 plugins and other useless crap) onto all my browsers.
#Using usb serial with windows serial terminal install#
After upgrading Windows 7 to 64bit I tried to install the drivers from CNET downloads. Unfortunately, life when running Windows is never easy. For years, I had ran my Prolific USB to Serial cable from my Windows 32bit laptop without any issues.
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