USB ports not showing up as serial

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  • December 19, 2014 at 4:53 pm #7200
    joekneale
    Member

    Hi Guys,

    I just installed ftdi vcp drivers on two separate windows 7 machines. No matter what I do, I can’t get coolterm to show anything except the true serial ports on the machine. I double checked this in chilipeppr, showing only true comm ports.

    What am I missing?

    I’m going to the ftdi site, downloading the exe. Running it. It says all good but when i connect to tinyg via usb all that shows are the true serials? I made sure the usb ports are working, I even tried going into device manager to inspect, no dice.

    I would really appreciate help with this!

    –Joe

    December 19, 2014 at 8:02 pm #7201
    joekneale
    Member

    SOLVED THE PROBLEM! My power lead came out of the screw-down on the board when moving the machine… Doh.

    December 19, 2014 at 8:17 pm #7202
    cmcgrath5035
    Moderator

    Guess what, I was going to ask if you were sure that tinyG was powered 🙂
    Some folks assumed the USB interfaced would be PC powered.

    So, having the power lead give you some trouble is good practice; the screw down blocks can be problematic, Give each lead a little tug when you think it should be tight.

    Enjoy

    December 19, 2014 at 8:58 pm #7203
    joekneale
    Member

    Thanks, cmcgrath. It was a learning moment, for sure.

    It’s all good now though, I just sent some gcode from chilipeppr, I’m super happy with the printrbot CNC and chilipeppr (what a freaking sweet piece of software) – its amazing what happens when you can get operator error out of the way… 🙂

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