This article details how to use a Belkin FSU409 USB to Serial Converter under Windows VistaWindows 7 64bit. Table of Contents. Cisco 5508 Wireless Controller Installation Guide. Cable Tv Automation Playout Software. Compliance and Safety Information. FCC Safety Compliance Statement. Safety Information. Installing The Unsupported Profilic USB to Serial Adapter PL 2. HXA PL 2. 30. X on Windows 8 8. Thanks to the absence of dedicated serial ports on todays laptops and ultrabooks, USB to Serial adapters are very popular amongst Cisco engineers as they are used to perform the initial configuration of a variety of Cisco equipment such as routers, catalyst switches, wireless controllers WLC, access points and more, via their Console Port. TG2cYqgkZKkqFatD.large' alt='Cisco Usb Console Driver Windows 10' title='Cisco Usb Console Driver Windows 10' />The most common USB to Serial adapters in the market are based on Profilics PL2. With the arrival of Windows 8, Windows 8. Cisco Usb Console Driver Windows 10' title='Cisco Usb Console Driver Windows 10' />Windows 1. The Word Bible Software 3.0. Profilic has announced that these operating systems will not support USB to Serial adapters using the PL 2. HXA PL 2. 30. X chipsets, forcing thousands of user to buy USB to Serial adapters powered by the newer. PL 2. 30. 3HXD HX Rev D or PL2. TA chipset. The truth is that PL 2. How To Install Skype On Ubuntu Amd 64 I386. HXA PL 2. 30. X chipsets are fully supported under Windows 8 and Windows 8. USB to Serial adapter that might also hold some special sentimental value. Make sure to download our Profilic Windows 88. Drivers from our Administrative Tools section. We took our old USB to Serial adapter and plugged it in our ultrabook running Windows 8. Should I remove REALTEK 11n USB Wireless LAN Driver and Utility by Realtek Semiconductor REALTEK 11n USB Wireless LAN Driver and Utility is the software driver. As expected, the operating system listed the hardware under Device Manager with an exclamation mark Figure 1. Prolific Adapter in Device Manager. A closer look at the properties of the USB to Serial adapter reveals the popular Code 1. Figure 2. Prolific Adapter Error Code 1. Getting that Good old USB to Serial Adapter to Work. Assuming youve successfully downloaded and unzipped the Profilic Windows 88. Administrative Tools section, go back to the Device Manager and right click on the Prolific USB to Serial Comm Port with the exclamation mark and select Update Driver Software Figure 3. Updating the Drivers from Device Manager. Next, select Browse my computer for driver software from the next window Figure 4. Select Browse my computer for driver software. Next, browse to the folder where youve unzipped the provided drivers, click on the Include Subfolders option and select Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer Figure 5. Select Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer. Next, select the driver version 3. Next Figure 6. Install Driver version 3. Once complete, Windows will confirm the successful installation of our driver as shown below Figure 7. Driver successfully installed. Closing the window, we return back to the Device Manager where well notice the exclamation mark has now disappeared and our old Unsupported USB to Serial adapter is fully operational Figure 8. Fully operational USB to Serial adapter. This article showed how successfully install your old USB to Serial adapter based on the Profilic. PL 2. 30. 3HXA PL 2. X chipsets on Windows 8 and Windows 8. Despite the fact Profilic clearly states that these chipset are not supported with the latest Windows, forcing users to purchase new adapters powered by their new chipsets, weve proven that this is not true and showed how to make the old Profilic USB to Serial adapterwork with the drivers available on Firewall. Back to the Windows 8 Sectionor                    Back to the Cisco Knowledgebase Section.