> Everything works correctly - most of the time. But every once in a while > when plugging in a USB cable, Windows decides it's not a 232 port this Well I have a USB hdd that doesnt get detected unless I unplug and plug it back in again while XP is running. It wont detect during boot up. Also Ive had USB-serialports that vanish frm time to time. USB is funny that way, anything can happen... -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics