...... the configuring consists of downloading and installing FTprog from the ftdi website and inverting the outputs but it took about a minute.
I bought the cheap knockoff version of these cables and have just tried to invert the Tx & Rx lines but without success. I installed FT_PROG and confirmed that I had Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 installed and then ran FT_PROG.
I then did the following:-
. Scanned for devices and it found the cable.
. In the Device Tree window, highlighted Hardware Specific/Invert RS232 Signals.
. In the Property window, ticked the Invert TXD & RXD boxes.
. Selected Program Device, made sure the device was ticked and clicked the Program button.
It responded that it had programmed the device but nothing seems to have changed. I tried removing and re-inserting the cable but again nothing changed.
Is there something I'm missing here?
I also tried checking to see if these cables supported the break command using the Picaxe USB Test Ports option but that test also failed. I'm hoping that inverting TXD & RXD will change that situation but I'm a little concerned.
Captain Haddock did say that he was using these cables for programming!
One final point. The cable currently comes up as COM port 11 and I'd prefer it to be in the range 1-10. I suspect that that can't be changed but would like to be proved wrong about that if someone has managed to change the port number.
Have I wasted my time & money buying these cables????