Donkeykong
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Hi all
I have a USB<->serial converter (several, actually) that I cannot get to work under Windows 7. I know the hardware works.
When I try to open the virtual serial port in a terminal program, I get an error message stating that it cannot open the port. When I try to use the old-fashioned command line method ("copy test.txt com7" from the "DOS prompt"), I get an "Access denied" error message.
Any ideas what the problem can be? I suspect it is some kind of access rights issue. But I need help finding it.
More details:
My computer is a dual-boot Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit / Windows XP Pro 32-bit system. The USB serial converter worked immediately under WinXP when I rebooted, and it even works in the WinXP virtual machine under Windows 7. I have the latest certified drivers (from FTDI), which are stated to function under Win7 64-bit.
The serial converter appears as it should in the Device manager.
My computer has one physical COM port, and I can access that one without any problems.
The serial converter is a USB-RS485-WE-1800-BT from FTDI. I have tried a USB<->RS232 converter (don't have the model number here), but it behaved exactly like the other one. I also started the terminal program as an adminstrator (since I suspected access rights issues), but it did not help.
I have tried uninstalling the drivers, then installing the latest certified driver and the even later non-certified driver, but still had the same behaviour.
So once again: Any ideas what the problem could be? And more importantly, how do I fix it?
I have a USB<->serial converter (several, actually) that I cannot get to work under Windows 7. I know the hardware works.
When I try to open the virtual serial port in a terminal program, I get an error message stating that it cannot open the port. When I try to use the old-fashioned command line method ("copy test.txt com7" from the "DOS prompt"), I get an "Access denied" error message.
Any ideas what the problem can be? I suspect it is some kind of access rights issue. But I need help finding it.
More details:
My computer is a dual-boot Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit / Windows XP Pro 32-bit system. The USB serial converter worked immediately under WinXP when I rebooted, and it even works in the WinXP virtual machine under Windows 7. I have the latest certified drivers (from FTDI), which are stated to function under Win7 64-bit.
The serial converter appears as it should in the Device manager.
My computer has one physical COM port, and I can access that one without any problems.
The serial converter is a USB-RS485-WE-1800-BT from FTDI. I have tried a USB<->RS232 converter (don't have the model number here), but it behaved exactly like the other one. I also started the terminal program as an adminstrator (since I suspected access rights issues), but it did not help.
I have tried uninstalling the drivers, then installing the latest certified driver and the even later non-certified driver, but still had the same behaviour.
So once again: Any ideas what the problem could be? And more importantly, how do I fix it?
My Computer
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- I picked the parts individually
- OS
- Win7 Ultimate 64-bit / WinXP Pro 32-bit (dual-boot)
- CPU
- Intel Core2Quad Q6600
- Motherboard
- Asus P5KR
- Memory
- 4 GB DDR2
- Graphics Card(s)
- Geforce 8800GTS
- Sound Card
- External USB