USB / Prop Plug issue
I have a proto board using the prop plug, but I can't get past the USB issues. I'm using Windows XP with SP2 on my Laptop.
I've tried several times to install the FTDI drivers. Every time after I uninstall it and replug it back in, it will go through the "Found New Hardware" and then "Your Hardware is Ready To Use", which then switches to "USB Device Not Recognized".
I've tried every driver I could find online, and its driving me nuts.
Another post I saw mentioned USBView. Using that it shows me this for Port1:
Device Descriptor:
bcdUSB: 0x0000
bDeviceClass: 0x00
bDeviceSubClass: 0x00
bDeviceProtocol: 0x00
bMaxPacketSize0: 0x00 (0)
idVendor: 0x0000
idProduct: 0x0000
bcdDevice: 0x0000
iManufacturer: 0x00
iProduct: 0x00
iSerialNumber: 0x00
bNumConfigurations: 0x00
ConnectionStatus: DeviceFailedEnumeration
Current Config Value: 0x00
Device Bus Speed: Low
Device Address: 0x00
Open Pipes: 0
Does that mean my Prop Plug is shot?
I've tried several times to install the FTDI drivers. Every time after I uninstall it and replug it back in, it will go through the "Found New Hardware" and then "Your Hardware is Ready To Use", which then switches to "USB Device Not Recognized".
I've tried every driver I could find online, and its driving me nuts.
Another post I saw mentioned USBView. Using that it shows me this for Port1:
Device Descriptor:
bcdUSB: 0x0000
bDeviceClass: 0x00
bDeviceSubClass: 0x00
bDeviceProtocol: 0x00
bMaxPacketSize0: 0x00 (0)
idVendor: 0x0000
idProduct: 0x0000
bcdDevice: 0x0000
iManufacturer: 0x00
iProduct: 0x00
iSerialNumber: 0x00
bNumConfigurations: 0x00
ConnectionStatus: DeviceFailedEnumeration
Current Config Value: 0x00
Device Bus Speed: Low
Device Address: 0x00
Open Pipes: 0
Does that mean my Prop Plug is shot?
Comments
reinstall the Propeller Tool, put power to the proto board, then connect the prop plug. (optional, turn thrice and click heels together).
With any luck at all, you will have a duplication of my dumb luck, ie it works.
·· Hi,
····· what version of the Prop program are you using! an earlier version as well as the basic stamp one had problems with the USB drivers!
····· The USB driver can be set to a COM port which the program can find,the problem was that sometimes one could not access the port
······ it was on!goto· System in Control panel and scroll down to the com port and look for your USB port and open it and see what port it is!
···· Dennis
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cocokiwi: I'm not sure what your asking exactly. In the device manager, under USB Controllers it says "Unknown Device", and I never get anything under I COM ports.
Let me clearify. During the driver install I point the wizard to the unzip drivers directory. So far I've done this with CDM 2.00.00, CDM 2.02.04 WHQL Certified, as well one that was called R1
(I lost the file, and can't remember the name, it was mostly numeric). And also the USBDriverInstallerV2.0.0 from the Parallax website. The wizard will search the directory I point it towards, and then say that no drivers match my device. Thats when i tried USBview.
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A complex design is the sign of an inferior designer. - Jamie Hyneman, Myth Buster
2. - There are different issues with USB and XP SP2.· there are fixes that can help the usb hub issue.
3. - If you have the boot problem you will need to look at your bios.· Any change you make please write them down and keep track.· This can also affect other devices in your machine.· When you are done if it did not fix the problem you want to return them to there orginal setting.
4. - You can turn off com1 or com2 in the bios. (I would try each one and reboot).
5. - Turn off plug and play
6. - Set Irq assign to auto if you have one
7. - Turn off Power Management in the Bios
8. - Disable the ACPI
9. - Inable the USB keyboard
You may also want to try Microsoft KB 892050
I uninstalled everything, killed all running programs, and re-connected the device but that didn't do anything differently.
It doesn't seem to be a "boot problem", it never works.
I took a look at the Bios and the only option is to disable com1 and lpt1, so i tried that, no luck. No options for IRQ or ACPI (not sure what that one is?).
I'll try the windows updates.
In the Device Manager under Ports, I only see COM1 and LPT1. The only thing different after installing the prop plug, is I get an "Unknown Device" under USB Controllers. And I don't see any conflicts under the "Resources by Connection".
I'm going to try using the Proto Board via the serial port connection.
The best option before that is to see if you can get the PropTool, drivers and PropPlug working on another system.
Look at:
Start > Control Panel > Hardware > System > Device Manager > Universal Serial Bus Controllers
Start > Control Panel > Hardware > System > Device Manager > System Devices
Anything in these areas with question marks etc. are possible culprits.
Like Hippy, I too have never had an FTDI driver issue before. It might be time to head over to FTDI and have a look. Maybe they have a FAQ or something - if not drop them a message.
David
And there are no yellow question marks under the Device Manager, now or when the prop plug is installed.
I'll check the FTDI website some more.
Just out of curiosity, how old is this Laptop and when was the last BIOS update done?
I wish I would have done that from the get go... Anyway, now I'm ready to start on my project.
If you’ve done everything listed above to no avail on the Prop Plug please contact Tech Support directly, either via phone or e-mail and reference this thread. We will issue an RMA to get that unit sent in for testing. If defective we will replace it. Take care.
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Chris Savage
Parallax Tech Support