<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span></span> </div><div><span> I've been lucky untill now regarding this computer being very stable and not being required to fiddle with stuff like, UGH, drivers. </span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span><span> I am doing some work toward some automatic APRS messaging and need at least three serial (232) ports on this Vista 32 Toshiba Satellite laptop.</span></span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Short Version:</span></div><div><span> The latest FTDI CDM Driver (vers 2.08.30.0) instaled "successfully", but won't work for a new Sabent USB<>serial converter - Device Manager reports it is functioning correctly, yea, right! HyperTerm can't open that assigned COM port and in my Visual Basic application, the Kernel32 call to CreateFile
Fails. </span></div><div><span> In addition, a previously working driver for another FTDI device now has the same identical 'can't open symotpms after the install whether the new Sabrent is plugged-in or not. Uninstalling the new driver, fortunately restores the older driver for the wireless link to proper operation... </span></div><div><span> Ideas?</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Detail:</span></div><div><span></span><span></span> </div><div><span><span> I already have a wireless (X-Bee) USB<>serial link that works just fine and has an FTDI chip. Vista, some time ago, automatically installed the FTDI driver (<span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>1.0.2134.0</span>) for
this.</span> </span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span> Now, I got two Sabrent <span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>CB-FT1K </span>USB<>Serial, FTDI, converter 1ft cables. (I was gonna' get the ones Stephen Smith recently posted about from NewEgg, but I missed the deal deadline and got two $10 one foot versions instead). </span><span>The Sabent units also use FTDI (I'm avoiding Prolific due to the China syndrome. (;-). </span></div><div><span> Vista automatically went on-line and looked and installed that FTDI CDM driver 2.08.30.0 when I plugged in the Sabent unit.</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div> </div><div>Sent from my KnightKit Crystal Set.<br>-- <br>73, Steve, K9DCI
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