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.
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.
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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