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| Hi, I recently downloaded the example applications and they run fine ok my laptop with vista, but not on my XP machine. When I run the apps on the XP pc, there is no option to select the com port. I thought it might have been a conflict with the usb to serial device that I was using for another piece of hardware, but I've it unplugged and the serializer is connected to com1 on the motherboard. The XP machine is a VIA ITX Pc with a clean install, all the latest windows updates and no other software installled on it. Anyone any ideas..? Thanks, Danson.
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| All of the sample apps have a drop-down list box that allows you to select from the various COM ports enumerated for your system. Are you not seeing the COM port list box when you run the application? If not, that's WIERD man! We all still run XP, and don't have a Vista machine, so I'm afraid I can't test that for you. But if you don't see that drop-down COM port list, please post back and let us know...We'll look into it somehow. Best Regards,
Jason Summerour
President,
Summerour Robotics Corporation
www.roboticsconnection.com
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| Hi Jason, Thanks for the reply.. When I have the serializer plugged into my laptop (Vista Ult) I get the dropdown list, but I when I run it on my Via ITX pc running a clean install of XP Pro with all the latest updates, there's no dropdown list. Just a link where it should be, and it's automatically choosing Com3, which is a Usb/Serial converter I'm using for another device. Danson..
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| Had a thought last night about this while trying to go to sleep. If you look at the source code for our example apps, you'll see that there's a section of code that enumerates the available COM ports on your system. Each port is added to the drop-down list at run time, for you to select before connecting to the Serializer. Since it's only showing one COM port, I'm guessing that your system is only reporting one COM port. I can't tell you why, but it would be worth looking under Control Panel->System-Hardware Tab->Device Manager->Ports (COM & LPT), and see if indeed your system only thinks you have one COM port. If this is the case, then you'll have to figure out why. Also, notice if there are any devices in the Device manager which have a yellow icon by them, meaning they don't have the proper driver installed. This might mean that it sees your other COM ports, but it can't find the appropriate driver for them. Best Regards!
Jason Summerour
President,
Summerour Robotics Corporation
www.roboticsconnection.com
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