Re: Dual Prolific PL2303 Serial Port USB devices have iSerial of 0?
On Thursday 28 May 2020 12:33:54 Steve McIntyre wrote:
> Gene Heskett wrote:
> >On Sunday 17 May 2020 11:56:51 John Conover wrote:
> >> I have two Prolific PL2303 devices on a machine. The output of
> >> lsusb is identical for both, including iSerial of 0, for both.
> >>
> >> Is there any way of doing udev SYMLINK+ with these devices?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> John
> >
> >TBT John, the best place for them is a drawer, to be used only long
> >enough to obtain FDTI devices for regular use. They goto sleep, (or
> >something) and you have to knock several times to re-awaken them,
> > losing data in the process. Strange disconnects will plague your
> > system. BTDT, used foul language, they slept right thru my tantrums.
> > FDTI stuff just works.
>
> Nod. I used to use a lot of the pl2303 adapters, as they were cheap -
> a couple of dollars each in quantity. But they were *so* unreliable
> that I abandoned them. FTDI cost more, but are massively more reliable
> in my experience. This is definitely a case of "you get what you pay
> for".
The $2 ones were clones, and occasionally even better. I paid $40 for the
first troublesome POS. Before there were clones.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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