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Now in High Sierra I’ve seen a challenge. I recently found another way to solve this problem, but it’s not free and it’s another blog post.Ī while ago on El Capitan, this solution worked. You should now have a working USB device! This is a bit of a hassle. $ kextload /System/Library/Extensions/ProlificUsbSerial.kext Now you need to unload and reload the driver to load the new settings: $ kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/ProlificUsbSerial.kext So the final product for my Tripplite version of the Prolific adapter works when I have this section added: So for the Tripplite example you only need to change the idVendor and it would look like this: Then you will want to put the decimal version of that you converted before into the idProduct and idVendor sections. So if your vendor ID was 0x2478 for Tripplite with a product ID of 0x2008, you can change the key for your new section to: I don’t think the actually matters, but you can change it to match the hex version of the vendor and product ID. What you want to do is copy and paste that section. Scroll down and you will find a section that looks like this: Safety First! Backup your ist so you can fix the driver if you break it.Įdit ist with your editor of choice. Edit the Driverįire up your favorite terminal emulator and head here: cd /System/Library/Extensions/ProlificUsbSerial.kext/ContentsĪt this point, you will need to either fire off a root shell or sudo everything. You need to convert both the product and vendor IDs. Now click the 10 and you have the hex to decimal conversion. Click the “16” above the clear button to switch to hex and enter the number you want to convert (like 0x2008 from the example). An easy way to do that is to run Calculator and hit Command-3. We need to convert the hex numbers to decimal. Then note the Product ID and Vendor ID (circled in red). Watch for the Manufacturer (circled in blue). Select USB and scroll until you find your Prolific USB device. Head to Apple -> About This Mac and and choose System Report.
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OK, the numbers aren’t really magic, but the driver will need them so that it can be associated with your USB device. If you are running OS X Yosemite, you may need to read this article to get the driver working: OS X Yosemite and Prolific USB Drivers. Here’s the URL at the time of this writing:
Prolific pl2303 drivers install#
If you haven’t already, hop over to the Prolific site to download the driver and install it.
Prolific pl2303 drivers drivers#
However, the drivers from Prolific don’t work with all cables out of the box. This is because the vendor provided drivers always seem to be out of date.
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The best drivers for the Prolific come directly from the manufacturer, not the vendors that resell them. Myself, I have used the Prolific cables for years and have been generally happy with them. The driver for the chip used by Cisco is conveniently included in OS X, but the FTDI and Prolific chips require their own drivers. There’s also another manufactured by FTDI, which I’ve heard good things about, and of course the one built into recent Cisco hardware. The one pictured in the article is manufactured by Prolific, but sold by multiple different vendors.
Prolific pl2303 drivers serial#
There are a couple different USB to serial adapters that you might use as a network engineer.
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