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Re: OT Windows USB inf files

From stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc)
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: OT Windows USB inf files
Organization MPE
Message-ID <537b13b8.454472018@news.demon.co.uk> (permalink)
References <6f76c7cd-ec52-4675-8c8e-47bc5cb38c7d@googlegroups.com>
Date 2014-05-20 08:40 +0000

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On Mon, 19 May 2014 12:32:42 -0700 (PDT), Howerd <howerdo@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

>But, when I try to add the serenum.sys as a service (copying that section from the inf file from a Prolific Tech USB serial port adapter) it does not get enumerated as a serial port.
>
>My questions are :
>1. does anyone understand the details of how this all hangs together?

Very few people do.

>2. are there any links out there in Googleland that are not swamped 
>by a zillion similar sounding problems? "USB" "driver" and "serial port"
>give a lot of help about how to install a driver for your USB cable...

Look for Xiaofen - he gives the most accurate answers. I've forgotten
the second name.

>I am running Win7 64 bit, but similar problems occur on Vista 32 bit...

Do you have a protocol analyser such as a Beagle? If not, you are in
trouble. Most of what you need to know is in the traces.

We (MPE) have an INF file that works on all Windows versions from XP
onwards.

Stephen

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OT Windows USB inf files Howerd <howerdo@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-05-19 12:32 -0700
  Re: OT Windows USB inf files Paul E Bennett <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2014-05-20 06:29 +0100
    Re: OT Windows USB inf files Howerd <howerdo@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-05-20 03:12 -0700
  Re: OT Windows USB inf files albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-05-20 07:48 +0000
    Re: OT Windows USB inf files Howerd <howerdo@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-05-20 03:19 -0700
      Re: OT Windows USB inf files Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2014-05-20 08:19 -0700
        Re: OT Windows USB inf files Howerd <howerdo@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-05-20 09:07 -0700
          Re: OT Windows USB inf files Howerd <howerdo@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-05-20 09:10 -0700
  Re: OT Windows USB inf files stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2014-05-20 08:40 +0000
    Re: OT Windows USB inf files Howerd <howerdo@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-05-20 03:10 -0700
      Re: OT Windows USB inf files Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-05-20 15:01 +0200
      Re: OT Windows USB inf files stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2014-05-20 13:07 +0000
  Re: OT Windows USB inf files "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-05-21 12:42 -1000

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