Die guten Bewertungen des Artikels sind für mich nicht nachvollziehbar. Den Treiber habe ich nicht installiert bekommen. Im Handbuch (Englisch und Chinesisch) steht hierzu folgendes:
17 Windows XP Installation Guide
4 Troubleshooting
4.1 Windows XP cannot find drivers for my device
This error can occur if the VID and PID programmed into the device EEPROM do not match those
listed in the INF files for the driver. The VID and PID programmed into the device EEPROM may
be found by using the USBView utility from the FTDI web site. These can then be checked against
the VID and PID entries in the driver INF files. If they do not match, that driver cannot be installed
for that device without either re-programming the device EEPROM or modifying the list of VID and
PID numbers in the INF files.
Please note that only your own company VID and PID or FTDI's VID (0x0403) and FTDI PID issued
for use by your company should be used in the EEPROM and INF/INI files.
Wenn ich das richtig interpretiere, passen die ID des EEPROMs im Gerät und die in der Treiberdatei nicht zusammen. Und beides wird ja vom Kabelhersteller geliefert. Alles klar? Was nun? Selbst wenn man weiß, was ein EEPROM ist, ist diese Anleitung eine Zumutung und löst das Problem nicht.
Wer den Treiber installiert bekommt, viel Spaß mit dem Gerät!
Hier noch die Einleitung für die Treiberinstallation. FTDI scheint der Hersteller zu heißen - ohne Kommentar:
"FTDI have previously provided two types of driver for Windows: a D2XX direct driver and a virtual
COM port (VCP) driver. Previously, these drivers were mutually exclusive and could not be
installed at the same time. The new Windows combined driver model (CDM) allows applications to
access FTDI devices through either the D2XX DLL or a COM port without having to change driver
type. However, it should be noted that an application can only communicate through one of these
interfaces at a time and cannot send commands to the D2XX DLL and the associated COM port at
the same time.
The CDM driver comes in two parts. The bus layer provides D2XX style functionality and is always
installed. The CDM driver will determine whether a COM port should be exposed by reading the
EEPROM of FT232R, FT245R and FT2232C devices. In the case of FT232BM, FT245BM,
FT8U232AM and FT8U245AM devices, the CDM driver will default to always installing a COM port.
This behaviour can be changed and EEPROM settings ignored by changing the driver INF files as
detailed in AN232B-10 Advanced Driver Options. Please note that modifying the INF files of a
Microsoft WHQL certified driver will invalidate the certification."