USB to TTL Serial Console Cable

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USB to TTL Serial Console Cable

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hello,
i followed the tutorial and when i plug it in ZOC cant find the com port so i went to device manager and i got the yellow triangle and an error "This device cannot start. (Code 10) A device which does not exist was specified." my computer is running windows 8
thanks for the help,
Adam

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Re: USB to TTL Serial Console Cable

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According to the product description, "Windows 8 is not supported.".

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Re: USB to TTL Serial Console Cable

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is it not supported because of chip limitations or driver limitations?

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Re: USB to TTL Serial Console Cable

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The manufacturer has not released Windows 8 drivers for the chip at this point. I suspect this will be addressed at some point, but we have no ETA.

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Re: USB to TTL Serial Console Cable

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alright thanks

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