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Help: need driver for CA-42 cable

April 4th, 2010, 9:10

Hi All,

Hope that this is the right place to ask.
I need the driver for the CA-42 cable (For the 7200.11 problem).

I bought this one
http://imshopping.rediff.com/shopping/p ... 025130.JPG

It come without any driver.
Can't find the driver anywhere.

Please give me link to the driver :)


Many Thanks!

Re: Help: need driver for CA-42 cable

April 4th, 2010, 11:17

I would say ask the shop where you purchased from... They should have the right driver if it requires one.

Re: Help: need driver for CA-42 cable

April 4th, 2010, 12:25

hddmania wrote:I would say ask the shop where you purchased from... They should have the right driver if it requires one.


I've tried this but the seller on ebay does not respond to my mails..

Any suggestions?

Re: Help: need driver for CA-42 cable

April 4th, 2010, 15:57

I'm assuming this is an aftermarket cable rather than a genuine Nokia version. In any case, you should be able to determine the Product and Vendor IDs (PID / VID) using a utility such as Microsoft's UVCView:

http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/USB_ID ... ew.x86.exe

Post the report here. The PID and VID will hopefully identify the manufacturer of the USB-RS232 bridge chip inside the cable.

Re: Help: need driver for CA-42 cable

April 5th, 2010, 6:47

fzabkar wrote:I'm assuming this is an aftermarket cable rather than a genuine Nokia version. In any case, you should be able to determine the Product and Vendor IDs (PID / VID) using a utility such as Microsoft's UVCView:

http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/USB_ID ... ew.x86.exe

Post the report here. The PID and VID will hopefully identify the manufacturer of the USB-RS232 bridge chip inside the cable.


Thanks for the halp! :)

Those are the wanted lines:
idVendor: 0x067B = Prolific Technology, Inc.
idProduct: 0x2303



In a case that I published the wrong lines, this is full report:
---===>Device Information<===---
English product name: "USB-Serial Controller"

ConnectionStatus:
Current Config Value: 0x00 -> Device Bus Speed: Full
Device Address: 0x01
Open Pipes: 0
*!*ERROR: No open pipes!

===>Device Descriptor<===
bLength: 0x12
bDescriptorType: 0x01
bcdUSB: 0x0110
bDeviceClass: 0x00 -> This is an Interface Class Defined Device
bDeviceSubClass: 0x00
bDeviceProtocol: 0x00
bMaxPacketSize0: 0x40 = (64) Bytes
idVendor: 0x067B = Prolific Technology, Inc.
idProduct: 0x2303
bcdDevice: 0x0300
iManufacturer: 0x01
English (United States) "Prolific Technology Inc."
iProduct: 0x02
English (United States) "USB-Serial Controller"
iSerialNumber: 0x00
bNumConfigurations: 0x01

===>Configuration Descriptor<===
bLength: 0x09
bDescriptorType: 0x02
wTotalLength: 0x0027 -> Validated
bNumInterfaces: 0x01
bConfigurationValue: 0x01
iConfiguration: 0x00
bmAttributes: 0x80 -> Bus Powered
MaxPower: 0x32 = 100 mA

===>Interface Descriptor<===
bLength: 0x09
bDescriptorType: 0x04
bInterfaceNumber: 0x00
bAlternateSetting: 0x00
bNumEndpoints: 0x03
bInterfaceClass: 0xFF -> Vendor Specific Device
bInterfaceSubClass: 0x00
*!*CAUTION: This appears to be an invalid bInterfaceSubClass
bInterfaceProtocol: 0x00
iInterface: 0x00
*!*ERROR: 0xFF is the prerelease USB Video Class ID

===>Endpoint Descriptor<===
bLength: 0x07
bDescriptorType: 0x05
bEndpointAddress: 0x81 -> Direction: IN - EndpointID: 1
bmAttributes: 0x03 -> Interrupt Transfer Type
wMaxPacketSize: 0x000A = 0x0A bytes
bInterval: 0x01

===>Endpoint Descriptor<===
bLength: 0x07
bDescriptorType: 0x05
bEndpointAddress: 0x02 -> Direction: OUT - EndpointID: 2
bmAttributes: 0x02 -> Bulk Transfer Type
wMaxPacketSize: 0x0040 = 0x40 bytes
bInterval: 0x00

===>Endpoint Descriptor<===
bLength: 0x07
bDescriptorType: 0x05
bEndpointAddress: 0x83 -> Direction: IN - EndpointID: 3
bmAttributes: 0x02 -> Bulk Transfer Type
wMaxPacketSize: 0x0040 = 0x40 bytes
bInterval: 0x00

Re: Help: need driver for CA-42 cable

April 5th, 2010, 16:34

CrazyDoctor wrote:Those are the wanted lines:
idVendor: 0x067B = Prolific Technology, Inc.
idProduct: 0x2303


idVendor: 0x067B = Prolific Technology, Inc.
idProduct: 0x2303
bcdDevice: 0x0300
iManufacturer: 0x01
English (United States) "Prolific Technology Inc."
iProduct: 0x02
English (United States) "USB-Serial Controller"

This looks promising:
http://www.prolific.com.tw/Eng/downloads.asp?ID=31

PL-2303 USB to Serial Bridge (H, HX, X) Installshield Driver Setup Program:
http://www.prolific.com.tw/support/file ... r_v110.zip

For Prolific USB VID_067B&PID_2303 Only
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