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Hi guys,

Just to let you know that the new FTDI driver has changed the way on how it can make us crazy again. Now it does not change PUID anymore, it just send a dummy string over serial.

I just spent too much time trying to get my modbus (chinese USB/RS485 with fake FTDI chip) working until I saw master sent the good char and slave receive "NON GENUINE", so it's harder to detect because all seems to work, but transmission has been changed by this f**** string and you receive other than you send and vice versa

Anyway, thank's FTDI's guys making our life complicated, and guess what, since I can't know in advance if device I buy has Genuine or not FTDI chip, my only option is to go to ch340, cp2306 or other...

@masterkenobi

Yes it's more expensive, but compared to the days I spent thinking I had a problem with my code and it was just a driver change that broke everything, trust me, in my case, worth it (and it was 2nd time of driver problem, so we'll have again and again in the future). By the way, on the link I posted, they have on board regulator and 5V/3V3 switch that make them suitable for powering ESP modules that the other can't do seriously Love them

Anyway, any chinese FTDI chip claiming FTDI original are fake, trust me I've got 10, all fakes and I even built my own with chinese FT232 chip bought on ebay, and guess what, they're also fake.

But any other cheap chip other than FTDI will works

This one should do the trick
http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB2-0-To-TTL-6Pin-Converter-Arduino-CH340G-for-STC-PRO-Serial-Replace-PL2303-/321754572767?hash=item4aea1127df:g:12MAAOSwymxVPddi