Incompatibility With Windows 11 Boat Laptop & AIS / GPS

Rick D

Rick D

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Jun 14, 2008
7,186
Hunter Legend 40.5 Shoreline Marina Long Beach CA
So, I migrated to a Windows 11 laptop on my boat. I have an older AIS module and a GPS antenna with I connect to the laptop via USB's to power Open CPN. When I went to connect them, I found a message "driver not found". I looked for a driver via update, but nothing found. Any suggestions? I am assuming these things must be pretty generic. I have, of course, a chartplotter with AIS but I always liked the redundancy and clarity of the laptop. Any ideas short of buying new gear?
 
jssailem

jssailem

SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
Oct 22, 2014
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CAL 35 Cruiser #21 moored EVERETT WA
Check in with the OpenCPN guru’s on Cruisers Forum. They will have an answer if it exists. May be an issue with the new OS from windows.
 
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colemj

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Jul 13, 2004
615
Dolphin Catamaran Dolphin 460 Mystic, CT
Is it a straight USB connection, or are you using a serial-USB cable?
 
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colemj

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Jul 13, 2004
615
Dolphin Catamaran Dolphin 460 Mystic, CT
Rick D said:
serial USB cables.
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I've had a lot of problems on Windows 11 with Prolific chip based serial-USB converter drivers, but found FTDI chip based ones work well. This is particularly so if your computer is using an ARM processor. Might want to try a different converter like this. If you are already using an FTDI based converter, then I don't have any other suggestions. Amazon.com

Mark
 
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