I would like to connect my MorphOS computer to my Windows computer using two USB to serial cables.

When I use two Windows computers I use Realterm, what would be a good alternative to use on MorphOS?

Is the FTDI TTL-232R cable compatible with MorphOS?

I've started ftdi drivers some time ago but it isn't finished so no ftdi converter for now. PL2303 converters works. I used Term (from Aminet) for serial communictation.

OK, thanks for the info zukow…

I had a genuine FTDI cable, and a non-genuine FTDI cable that I thought was a Prolific cable…

Now I have found a couple of genuine Prolific 2303 cables I have got it to work…

Windows 10 64 bit:-

To get the Prolific 2303 USB cable to work on Windows 10 I had to download an older version of the driver (V 3.3.2.102 [24/09/2008])

Faulty (new drivers) have an exclamation mark next to the device in device manager!

Here is a link on my website, if anyone needs it:-
Profilic_Win8_x64_x86.zip

To upgrade (well, downgrade) the driver…
Plug in the Prolific cable…

-> Device Manager
-> Expand Ports (COM & LPT)
-> Right click on the Prolific COM port (i.e. “Prolific USB-to-serial Comm Port (COMx)
-> Update Driver Software…
-> Browse my computer for driver software
-> Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer
-> Have Disk…
-> Browse to the above extracted zip
-> Select “ser2pl”
-> OK
-> Double click on the available driver
-> Wait for driver to install -> close window.

Exclamation mark should now be gone…

I used Realterm, set the COM port to the Prolific cable and speed to 19200. (click on change and open port)

Here is a link on my website, if anyone needs it:-
Realterm_2.0.0.70_Signed_Wrapper_setup.exe

MorphOS 3.9:-

I used Term 4.8 from Aminet.

Here is a link on my website, if anyone needs it:-
Term.lha

In Term change the settings…

-> Settings
-> Serial
-> Device
-> Set serial device to “serialpl2303.device”
-> Use

It's then possible to type in either terminal program and text will appear in the other terminal program.

Looking in MorphOS prefs...

-> USB
-> Devices

This will show if the Prolific driver is installed and working, and the correct bindings to use in Term…

Hardware...

-> Two Prolific 2303 cables
-> Red wires not connected
-> Black wires connected together (0V)
-> Green and white wires swapped over (i.e. Rx to Tx, and Tx to Rx)

Well, I hope that might help another user… :)


[ Edited by Symbola 16.02.2017 - 19:33 ]