Does it work with anything else? Can you use the same usb-serial adapter
with Putty and TELCOM?
Does it work on some other computer? Or on the same computer but booted
to a live linux thumb drive?
You shouldn't need any manually installed driver for any of these
usb-serial adapters. It's either simply a junker that you should just
throw away and not waste another 5 minutes on, or, it's possible there
is maybe some security or permissions issue in your windows or in the
mcomm app, in which case the other tests will show that. If putty works,
then it's not really a driver or hardware problem but just an mcomm
problem. If putty does not work, then *maaaybe* it's driver or
permissions problem, and trying it from a live linux thumb drive, or
some other computer, will answer that.
I suggest, just get a new usb-serial adapter with an FTDI chip, and get
it from a seller that isn't ebay or aliexpress or a no-name
random-letters seller on amazon, so that you don't get a counterfeit
ftdi chip. If amazon, then make sure the seller is Amazon or STartech or
other recognizable name, or from any other normal retailer site like b&h
photo, microcenter, digikey, mouser, adafruit, sparkfun, pishop, pihut,
etc...
If you want a usb-c plug, this one works great:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06VSMS35S
Otherwise: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DT6K8G2
or: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005SYQV9C
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bkw
On 10/1/23 16:20, Peter Vollan wrote:
Settings sayd "Prolific USB-to Serial Comm Port (COM3) - Driver Error
Device Manager says Device Cannot Start.
On Thu, 28 Sept 2023 at 14:56, Gregory McGill <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
in windows you go into device manager and com ports and find the
port there, likely the device drive will load from microsoft unless
your adapter is bootlegged
in linux you either dmesg and find the device it's assigned too when
it is connected or ls -la /dev/ttyUSB* and you will see the usb
serial ports likely the only one there is the one you just plugged in
imho I prefer https://a.co/d/0SWmSd3 <https://a.co/d/0SWmSd3> for my
usb adapters for hooking up retro stuff.. just works.. no issues
with drivers and has cool lights to see what's working
On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 2:50 PM Peter Vollan <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I finally found that my Surface Pro Go is using COM3, but it
says "driver error".
I am using a prolific pl2303 adaptor. I have not been able to
get the driver: Prolific's Taiwanese web site is down, and
whenever download a file the driver is not in the zip.
Windowsreport.com talks about menu options that do not exist on
my Surface Pro Go.
Strangely, when I plug into my Linux Mint box, TS-DOS says
"Communication Error" rather than the usual "Drive Not Ready".
On Tue, 26 Sept 2023 at 17:52, Kurt McCullum <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
__
A couple of questions
What com port is your USB device on?
Is it set to auto start or are you clicking the button to
start the service?
What kind of USB to serial device are you using?
Kurt
On Tue, Sep 26, 2023, at 5:18 PM, Peter Vollan wrote:
Okay, I have mComm installed. It says "Unabled to start
service" and then "TPDD/TELCOM Service started". Maybe
it's the usb to serial connector?
On Tue, 26 Sept 2023 at 06:53, David Plass
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Yup, mcomm works fine on my Windows 10 laptop,
connecting to my M102 via a usb-to-serial cable.
On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 9:47 PM Kurt McCullum
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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Peter,
If you look farther down on the page you will see
setup250.exe which is the installer for the
Windows version of mComm.
Kurt
On Mon, Sep 25, 2023, at 6:29 PM, Peter Vollan wrote:
Bitchin 100 says that there is a Windows version
of Mcomm, but it just connects to Kurt's member
page which only has versions for the Android and
iPhone.
On Sun, 24 Sept 2023 at 17:06, Ken St. Cyr
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I walked through process of setting up and
using laddiecon on Windows in my REXCPM
video, in case that helps -
https://youtu.be/eZQLcTmW1sE?si=rvCK--t51untHLZt&t=353
<https://youtu.be/eZQLcTmW1sE?si=rvCK--t51untHLZt&t=353>.
//Ken S.
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*From:* M100
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
on behalf of John R. Hogerhuis
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
*Sent:* Sunday, September 24, 2023 4:34 PM
*To:* [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
*Subject:* Re: [M100] file transfer
On Sun, Sep 24, 2023, 1:16 PM Peter Vollan
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
How do you think I could use my Surface
Laptop Go running Windows 11 Pro as a
TPDD server?
Laddiealpha should work fine. Let me know if
you run into issues.
-- John.
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bkw
