USB device pass through

Hallo togehter,

I have a MacBook Pro with M1 chip and I have Windows 11 ARM with Parallels on it. I have to program the radio receivers for the fire department, which is done via a USB to serial converter. The USB device is recognized by the MacBook and then also passed through to the Windows 11 machine. In the Windows 11 machine the device is also displayed but as unknown. A searcher with Windows updates does not bring up a driver. Directly on the manufacturer's site is a driver offered for Windows 7 - 11 but this does not work(https://ftdichip.com/drivers/vcp-drivers/) . The device is displayed in the device manager as FT232R USB UART.

How can I get the device to work?

Thanks to all who can help.

 

I am also having the same issue. Has anyone worked out how to get these working?

 

Hi, please try connecting the Virtual machine directly and check.

 

So for me it is now working:

Disable Secure Boot in Windows 11 ARM

In Windows, hold down the SHIFT key while selecting Restart.
Go to troubleshooting advanced options: UEFI Firmware Settings.

Then in the BIOS turn off the secure boot option.
Then in a cmd with admin rights type the following
bcdedit.exe /set nointegritychecks on

Then switch it on again:
bcdedit.exe /set nointegritychecks off

After this:
You have to disable driver signature verification.
https://www.howtogeek.com/167723/ho...8.1-so-that-you-can-install-unsigned-drivers/

for me it was only the GIU way working not the cmd way.

4. insert the adapter FT232R USB UART

5. after detecting it with exclamation sign: update driver, have disc -> point to the downloaded extracted driver in ARM64\Release folder
CDM v2.12.32.B3 for ARM64.zip
There are 2 items of the drivers that needs to be installed, first the bridge, and after the serial to usb driver, both updated with inf from package from FTDI.

6. After updating the bridge, launch regedit

7. Go to

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USB\VID_0403&PID_6001\a410f66c\Device Parameters

where VID_0403&PID_6001 you will find from Device HW ID from device properties

8. Create a new string value named PortName

9. Give it a value COM4 or any free value

10. Take out the adapter and insert it again

11. A new USBtoSerial device will appear with Excalamtion sign

12. Reinstall its driver from the same package

13. There you go, the FTDI based adapter is functioning perfectly under Windows 11 ARM64

 

I got stuck at step 5. It says " Windows could not find drivers for your device" . Any suggestions?
All the previous steps went perfect.

 

I have the same issue as the start of this thread, with updated Parallels.
My device is a Prolific brand 2303RA of a late variety and Mac is happy Mac Hardware USB, "USB-Serial Controller D" is what is identified and this is found by windows but reports error 28 device driver not found. No attempt to change this has worked.
As for above steps 1-13 by DanielF14, you have got to be kidding me, above my pay grade, surely the route cause can be fixed by the main programmers for everyone without special workarounds?

 

The basic problem is with the virtual drivers and it's up to Prolific to update drivers or get an FTDI chipset cable as they have the necessary virtual drivers.

 

You **MUST** extract the drivers to the C:\ in order to get them to be seen by device manager with the instructions above if you are using a Mac and trying to extract the drivers to the shared "Downloads" directory - they won't be seen. Once I got that to work, the rest was addressed above. Great directions.

 

See above.

 

I've installed Parallels 18 trial and also trying to get a Serial-USB cable to work, had a GUC232A adaptor and just bought a DTECH DT-5119 FTDI and hoping to get it to work using the instructions above. Unfortunately, I've also become stuck at poiint 5. Message of "Windows could not find drivers for your device". I pointed to the driver zip you provided, but no success? Any ideas or suggestions would be really appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

@DanielF14 are you trying to program something like Motorola XTS5000 (or similar) radios? I'm having the same problem - have you found a working solution ?

 

Has anyone managed to resolve this?

 

Same Problem! I'm trying to program Mototrbo radios with the original Motorola programing cable on my Mac M2 using Parallels Desktop v18.1.1. Cable is seen in Mac OS and passthrough to WIN11 ATM, but not recognized by the programing software. Any word on an update in Parallels or some workaround to recognize the usb programing cable?

 

Here's what I followed to get working:

Bought - USB C Hub USB-C to HDMI Adapter (£18):
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09QKFGNS8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Bought - Serial-USB (FTDI) Cable Adaptor (£14):
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sabrent-Se...fix=ftdi+serial+usb+232,electronics,81&sr=1-9

• Installed Parallels 18, Licence = £89
• Installed Windows 11 Home Version, Licence = £10

1. I downloaded the official drivers for Windows ARM64 on FTDI's VCP drivers page: CDM-v2.12.36.4A. (Don't use the beta drivers -they require disabling the driver signature security check).
2. Unzip the driver file. Plug in the USB device.
3. Right-click on the device in Device Manager and select Update Driver, then select "Browse my computer for drivers"
4. Browse to the folder to which the driver files were extracted. The folder you want is <path to folder containing unzipped files>\CDM-v2.12.36.4-for-ARM64-Signed-Distributable\ARM64\Release"
5. Click on Next.

• Use Windows "Device Manager" to determine which COM Port Adaptor connected to.

Good luck.

 

For M1/ARM Chip users Must read this pdf,

https://web.archive.org/web/2022061...vers-Installation-Guide-for-Windows-10_11.pdf

1. Dont forget, dont use desktop as driver folder, must use C:/
2. Dont forget, You need two times install same driver, otherwise usb connection not stable.
3. Never try x64,x32,x84 , For m1 users, arm64 driver work.

 

OK then, This seems like a treasure trove of useful information about this problem. As I read and study this all:
Just trying to get my Baofeng CPS software (Chirp) and Radioddity v2.02 CPS software for their DB20-G a/k/a Anytone AT-779UV radio to work!

 

@DanielF14F - I am getting Invalid SSL Certificate errors when I click on this link.
Does anyone have an updated link to download these files?
ARM64\Release folder CDM v2.12.32.B3 for ARM64.zip

 

@NeilT4: Thank you, I now have my FTDI USB cable drivers properly installed and working!

 

Does anyone know a solution for cables that include the so-called "fake Prolific" USB chip?