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Prolific USB-Serial As you can see the driver is installed but with an exclamation mark to indicate a problem.The settings in the Hyper Terminal need to be set correctly otherwise, "strange-looking" or garbage characters may show up on the screen.Download Now PROLIFIC VERSION 3.3.2 DRIVER It appears as if the router is hanging and is not responsive. Garbage characters appear on the Hyper Terminal, and the router no longer accepts keystrokes.
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When a console cable is connected from a PC's COM serial port to the router, a router prompt does not appear on the Hyper Terminal. If your network is live, ensure that you understand the potential impact of any command before you use it.įor more information on document conventions, refer to the Cisco Technical Tips Conventions. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. The information presented in this document was created from devices in a specific lab environment. This document is not restricted to specific software and hardware versions. There are no specific requirements for this document.
#Prolific usb to serial mac os x how to#
This document also details how to use the PC's Hyper Terminal to configure and monitor a router. This document explains the correct settings to apply when you connect a PC to a router's console port. if you Google "getting garbage characters when using cisco console cable" you will get return searches from Cisco's website say that most of the console ports on there routers and the console cables only support up to 9600 baud data rate.some newer routers goto 36000+ but they say you should set the default to 9600 first and go from there. I too was getting garbage characters untill I changed the baud rate on the serial adapter to 9600. I decided to RTFM (go figure) and the FM pointed to using "Serial/Modem" as the correct setting. I was trying "Serial/Direct" but that never worked. This last option is what threw me for a little. Give the connection a title, keep the "Connect to" option blank, set the reconnect option to "Plain connection (no retry if failed)", set the emulation to VT100, and set the Device to "Serial/Modem". Go to Host Directory in Zoc and click on New. In my case, I am connecting to a Cisco Video Communications Server (VCS) so, some of the configuration parameters I show in the following screenshots are specific to the VCS. If you use Zoc, then here is the procedure for using the IOGear (or I suppose any device that uses the PL-2303 driver). It is a great app, but that is a blog entry for another day. I use Zoc Pro as a terminal application on my MBP and iMac. I didn't bother modifying the configuration, just click on Apply. In my case I saw a modem driver named "PL2303-". In Network Preferences, you should see the new network connection. Neither of these methods worked for me, just an FYI.
#Prolific usb to serial mac os x install#
NOTE: The Prolific install guide (I found it online) said that you should be able to see the USB serial interface using System Profile or from the terminal using: ls /dev/tty.usbserial*. If you see this, click on "Network Preferences". When I connected the dongle, I received a prompt from OS X, which stated that a new Network Interface was detected.
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I did a few more searches, focusing on software download sites and I found a link that worked: Now, at this point I have spent an hour or two digging around and I am thinking I have old stuff that may need to be recycled. Obviously, those threads are dated because that link didn't work either. There are a few forum threads that point to the download area on Apple.Most forum threads pointed to Prolific's website ( ) That link does not work today (404 error).Downloaded, installed, did some goofy editing and "kext" loading (whatever the hell that is). To avoid boring readers to tears, here is a summary of what did not work: There were several problems finding the right driver. With a little Google magic, I was in business. Thankfully, the manufacturer affixed a label with a part number on the dongle. In fact, I didn't know what type of device it was at first. So, I wasn't holding out much hope on it working. I originally got it for an IBM thinkpad I had back in 2003 or 2004. Fortunately, I had an IOGear GUC232A USB to serial host adapter in my kit.