What are the current cable recommendations?

Post by **The Robman** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 3:12 pm

Who's selling ready made cables and for people that want to make their own, are will still recommending the FTDI TTL 232R cables?

For example, will this cable on Amazon for under $9 work (with the addition of a 6-pin IDC connector) ?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M41OUYA/

3FG · Post by **3FG** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 9:15 pm

One resource for this info is in the beginners forum.
The cable in your link should work, but of course we don't really know if it uses a genuine FTDI chip. It has been well-documented that the latest FTDI drivers won't work with counterfeit chips and in some cases the FTDI driver may change the USB PID or VID. See several posts here.
Stay away from Prolific chipsets; they don't work with JP2 and newer remotes.

Post by **The Robman** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:38 pm

Ah, so is this the FTDI cable that folks are using for a DIY cable...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/261101529602