@DannyP posted:Do your research. I can't remember if it was Prolific who changed their adapter firmware. If you have an old one it simply stops working when Windows 10 updates the drivers. I just went through this(very frustrating and futile) and bought a new adapter to use with my Megajolt3 which uses a DB9 serial port. Serial ports are gone, USB is on it's way out(being replaced by USB-C) and ethernet ports are disappearing too. Wireless WiFi and Bluetooth are ever prevalent.
I bought a new FTDI adapter on Amazon for about $10.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod...00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
For the other half, I would use Greg's pinout diagram and make one, but that's just me.
I've got a few male-female serial extensions laying around, need one Jimmy? I'll throw it in the mail for you free. It looks like you only need TX, RX, and ground, so 3 out of the 4 pins on the round connector.
Prolific rewrote their drivers so they wouldn't work with pirated chipsets. Genuine Prolific hardware wasn't affected. While I can't blame them, it backfired because angry customers flocked to FTDI.