Prolific PL2303 Driver (USB to Serial) Windows/macOS Download

Prolific PL2303 Driver (USB to Serial)  Windows/macOS Download
🧱 Device
🏗️ Manufacturer
Also Known As
PL2303HXA
CPU/Chipset(s)
Interface/port(s)

Drivers for the Prolific PL2303 can be download below. These are required for Windows and macOS systems to be able to communicate with the serial device that is in embedded into many industrial devices including GPS, project PCB’s and other devices that require Serial to USB adaption. Drivers are contained in a zip file that can easily be extracted by using Windows Explorers shell integration or alternatively a third party tool like 7-zip can also be used to extract the content on the archive. Once extracted, it's simply case of running the setup file as an administrator or in the case of macOS mounting the DMG file and running the installer as an elevated user. 

Installation on Windows

Download the file: Prolific Driver - Windows Drivers.zip

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The downloaded PL23XX Archive. this will need to be extracted.

This file can be extracted using Windows built-in extractor or another tool that you prefer. Once extracted.

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The setup installer PL23XX-M_LogoDriver_Setup_v400_20211229.exe
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The Installer has started, click Next to continue.
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Driver has been installed, you click Finish and plug-in your cable.

Prolific Drivers

File: Prolific Drivers - Windows Drivers.zip

Operating System: Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7 64bit & 32bit File Size: 18.3 MB Driver Version: 4.0.0 Driver Type: USB Driver File Extention: .zip
SHA-256 Checksum: 0070f125c5ee58449150011c1b51f49e82609cf9d91eb41cd4ff39035b56414b

Prolific Drivers

File: Prolific Drivers - Mac Drivers.zip

Operating System: macOS 11, 10.15 ~ 10.9 File Size: 4.81 MB Driver Version: 1.6.4 Driver Type: USB Driver File Extention: .zip
SHA-256 Checksum: 4f245ed459287d161792124514c29da4227b0c82d8fbd62344c142616bc5e8e0

Prolific Drivers

File: Prolific Drivers - Linux Drivers.zip

Operating System: Linux Kernal 5.5+, 5.4 ~ 2.6.15 File Size: 1.29 MB Driver Version: 1.0.6 Driver Type: USB Driver File Extention: .zip
SHA-256 Checksum: a649590704900d93ef7a86111137aaa46ed8c22cd2ce6bddf1e56f36ae6746fe

(Old Version) PL2303 Prolific Windows v1.20.0 Driver

File: PL2303_Prolific_DriverInstaller_v1200.zip

Operating System: Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP File Size: 7.13 MB Driver Version: 1.20.0 Driver Type: USB Driver File Extention: .zip
SHA-256 Checksum: 5c69a3a56c637456eb7107c1c766c24f3df71d4bc856354ce88db6c142ea0392

(Old Version) PL2303 Prolific MacOS v1.20.0 Driver

File: PL2303HXD_G_Driver_v2_0_0_20191204.zip

Operating System: MacOS 10.15, MacOS 10.14, MacOS 10.13, MacOS 10.12, OS X 10.11, 10.10, and 10.9 64-bit only File Size: 1.26 MB Driver Version: 2.0.0 Driver Type: USB Driver File Extention: .zip
SHA-256 Checksum: e9fdc23d34df7da62e27819906de7d5cf6f0b78d81b3ffe91f9e8c7baf650897

(Old Version) PL2303 Prolific MacOS v1.5.1 Driver

File: PL2303_MacOSX_10_6_and_newer_v1_5_1.zip

Operating System: MacOS 10.8, MacOS 10.7, MacOS 10.6 (64-bit and 32bit) File Size: 1.33 MB Driver Version: 1.5.1 Driver Type: USB Driver File Extention: .zip
SHA-256 Checksum: 2f5ad5c88228820b05cb7fe264b50aee63d5bf47e5228c25c870641b774efe5e

Prolific PL2303 Driver Install Guide

File: um_pl2303_DriverInstaller_v1.4.17.pdf

Operating System: n/a File Size: 556 KB Driver Version: 1.4.17 Driver Type: Documentation File Extention: .pdf
SHA-256 Checksum: 61d525f2d985421b564dc412234b59ced904698a7738a724e4bf7e99e02345cb