I have a few USB to serial converters and I know at least one of them uses the Prolific chipset (and presumably uses the same driver). I have not tried to use them with Mojave yet, but please read the above and determine if it works for you. There really ought to be no change to that procedure for Mojave.
Download Prolific Usb To Serial Driver For Mac
I have three USB to Serial adapters that I have used for amateur radio devices. I have had one Prolific usb to serial adapter that has worked for years with no issue, starting with OSX snow leopard. Other prolific chipset devices that are newer I have had many issues with and finally gave up on them after an OSX upgrade where they ceased to work. I have found that usb to serial adapters that use the FTDI chipset work with no issues. They are as inexpensive as the prolific devices, and can be found on ebay or other places. I have used the single and dual port with equal success. The devices are used with parallels running windows 10, under Mojave, if that is any help to you.
The CP210x Manufacturing DLL and Runtime DLL have been updated and must be used with v 6.0 and later of the CP210x Windows VCP Driver. Application Note Software downloads affected are AN144SW.zip, AN205SW.zip and AN223SW.zip. If you are using a 5.x driver and need support you can download Legacy OS Software.
Hand controls manufactured since April 2016 have a USB port on the bottom which provides an interface for your Windows, Mac or Linux PC/laptop. This port is actually a connection to a USB to serial adapter inside the hand control. As such, once you connect to it, your computer will have a serial port that your astronomy software will interface with. Windows, Mac and Linux will all require a driver to create this serial port. Once the driver is installed, a serial port, designated by a number, will be present on your computer. Configure your astronomy software to connect to this port.
In some cases, once you connect your PC/laptop to the hand control, a driver will be automatically loaded. If so, a serial port will then be present on your PC/laptop. If you do not find a serial port present after making this connection, you should manually load the driver.
The adapter inside the hand control uses a Prolific PL2303 chipset. You can search at the Prolific website and download drivers from either of these locations (unfortunately Prolific's website is a mess so there is no telling where they might put the drivers as they post updates:
For most of these operating systems two types of driver are available: Virtual COM Port (VCP) drivers and direct (D2XX) drivers. The VCP driver emulates a standard PC serial port such that the USB device may be communicated with as a standard RS232 device. The D2XX driver allows direct access to a USB device via a DLL interface.
2. Locate the correct USB programming driver for your operating system. You can download the Prolific driver for Windows, Mac and Linux at _Drivers.php. If you purchased the Baofeng UV Series USB Programming Cable from Buy Two Way Radios, the driver for Windows will be on the CD included with the cable in the USB Cable Driver folder. Insert the CD and go to USB Cable Driver > USB Cable Driver Prolific 3.2.0.0.exe. This is the correct driver.
Updating your drivers often work wonders for your system because it makes sure that it runs on the latest features that guarantee maximum functionality. Unfortunately updating your drivers can cause this kind of error especially if your latest update does not work too well with your hardware. Once you upgrade your PC to the latest Windows version your Prolific USB to Serial Driver also updates to the latest driver software and if the driver is not compatible with your Hardware issues may arise. To correct the error, you will have to download the driver again by following these steps.
A code 10 error may arise because the chip you are using is not an original one. If you are using a fake, the manufacturer has a way of disabling it due to copy write infringement and the copy write takes effect once you download a recent update. To protect your PC from getting this code, you will have to make sure that your Windows 11/10 never updates a driver without approval. Updates come in the form of 64 bit and 32-bit drivers. Below we will show you how to work your way around the problem.
I will be moving from PC to Mac, but will need to run a Windows application that uses a serial port, using boot camp. Would I be right in thinking I would need to install this adapter under Windows using a Windows driver?
Prolific seem to be deliberately isolating compatibility against these devices in the newest Windows drivers, and wondered if thats the same with the mac drivers. Its just not worth wasting time putting in drivers to have to fight them out again when prolific deliberately make them to not work.
Firstly regards the crash make sure you installed the 1.3 version of the driver, not the old one. You could download it directly from the Manufacturers Website in case they have issued an update since I wrote this page.
If you have found the file in the path, you will need to run each of the following commands in the CLI/Terminal to remove old CH340 drivers. In this case, there was only the usbserial.kext file but it does not hurt to run both commands. Make sure to have administrative privileges to ensure that the drivers are removed.
Check if the old drivers were removed in the paths by using the ls command with your respective OS version. You will notice that the *.kext file is removed from the respective paths. In this case, the usbserial.kext was removed from Mac OSX High Sierra.
There are some reported cases of serial communication failure when using the factory drivers in Linux. If you encounter this problem, you can try installing patched drivers as explained in this forum post. Here are the steps (to run in the command line):
If you installed the drivers for the CH340 on your computer but have issues connecting via serial terminal or uploading code using the Arduino IDE, there may be an issue with your user settings preventing you from using the CH340. You may receive an avrdude: ser_open(): can't open device error similar to the output shown below.
If you are uploading to certain boards like the Apollo3 on the Artemis development boards with fast baud rates, there are some platforms (Linux flavors) where the standard CH340 USB to serial drivers don't operate well at speeds higher than 115200. So if you run into upload problems, consider reducing the upload speed. For more information about upload issues, see this forum post and consider upgrading with these drivers for Mac OSX or these for Linux.
USB to serial cables are not merely wire, they contain small computer circuits at one end of the cable that respond as a USB device and convert the data to serial. These cables are not all the same, so the computer needs a software "driver" so it can recognize the cable and speak to it correctly. You will need to install one of these 5 below.
Once you have downloaded your new driver, you'll need to install it. In Windows, use a built-in utility called Device Manager, which allows you to see all of the devices recognized by your system, and the drivers associated with them.
This should resolve the issues with the serial adapter not being detected after the first connection is closed as well as an issue with multiple serial adapters on the same computer. We have seen issues with cu and screen locking up with macOS Mojave and Catalina that are unrelated to the serial adapter driver and it appears to be a problem with some of the serial connection software. The lock ups were verified without the serial adapter driver installed on the system. Additionally Catalina includes built-in support for this adapter and the separate driver is no longer needed when upgrading to Catalina ( 10.15.3 ).
Again, I have not reinstalled the driver, but if I plug the USB-Serial Controller D back in,kextstat grep prolif190 0 0xffffff7f85a74000 0x7000 0x7000 com.prolific.driver.PL2303 (1.6.3) E55010C7-C7DD-36D8-AE20-E050E3AFCB2B
This is the Prolific USB driver for the 'universal' USB to Serial Adapter (part USB010). Note we generally recommend use of the AXE027 PICAXE USB download cable instead, as that is a logic level (not RS232 voltage level) part.
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