Guest guest Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Recieved my controllers today and hooked the first one up to my computer. I have two serial ports on the back, but only one COM shows up in Device Manager. I hooked the adapter to the computer (have tried both ports) and using the CAT5 plugged into the middle port of the controller card. I opened the Hardware utility and it only shows COMM1. I cannot get it to communicate. Auto Configure shows unable to locate COM port. Any ideas?JamesLoaded the software on my laptop and it found the controller right off. So.....something up with my main frame computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 You have a main frame!?? :shock: TED :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 Ok, wrong terminology, my full size desktop tower computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 Make sure all other progarms are off when you are using Hardware utility.glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 Also check your BIOS, or start-up set-up. In their you can find the settings for your serial ports and you can activate them if disabled, set a com # or disable them. I would set port #1 (or 2) as your LOR port. Give it a fixed address (number) but let the other one should ne on "auto" so the computer doesent do a wierd com deal! That solved my many problems, hope it works for you!--Daniel L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 Hmm, I will check the BIOS when I get back home this evening.Thanks,James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 One of the serial ports had permanent address, the other was disabled. I set it to auto. I did not know for sure which was which on the computer so I tried both. Hmm, found controller on Comm 1, but would not initialize. Changed plug to other port, found on Comm 2, would not initialized, tried couple more times and it finally worked.I downloaded a sequence so this weekend I can set up some lights and see how it works.Thanks,James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Well things still did not work well. The sequence would not download, kept repeating itself and then timed out. Finally got tired of the whole mess and jacked up the serial port and run a new (used) computer under it. Works great now. :-)James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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