Hi,

I have a laptop, and also have seen problems. I find that the USB ports on
the laptop do not generate enough power for some of the USB -> Serial
adapters to work correctly. You get a device is not recognised, and the
adapter added as a "Unknown USB". I ended up getting a USB self powered hub
and this got my laptop to detect the adapter correctly. On my Desktop PC,
there was no problem.

I have a Toshiba P10 by the way.

It is not just USB to serial adapters, I have a Nokia datacable that has the
same problem, which is annoying as I wanted to be able to use this for
connecting to the net to get my email while out, and an external powered hub
is not practical for that :(

Bryan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dominic Stratten"
To: "'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.'"
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 9:29 AM
Subject: RE: [PIC] re: USB Driver


> I use my PS+ on a USB port via a cheap usb-serial lead I picked up from
Ebay
>
> Works fine and I've never had any problems with lost communication/errors
> etc.
>
> The usb-serial lead has its own driver and the win2k machine I run sees it
> as COM3 - the MPLAB software just transmits the info to this port and job
> done.
>
> Dom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of
> John Piccirillo
> Sent: 20 May 2005 03:40
> To:
> Subject: [PIC] re: USB Driver
>
>
> >Second, uh...the PS+ doesn't have a USB port. Are you using an adapter
> >or something? I don't think Microchip would supply drivers for a
> >product they don't make.
> >
> >I might be missing something though, so feel free to correct me :)
>
>    True the PS+ doesn't have a USB port but my, and most, laptops do so I
> use a USB to Serial adapter (Keyspan).  I think Microchip recognizes
> this situation.   Surely I'm not the only one trying to communicate to a
> PicStart+ from a laptop that only has USB serial.  How is it done ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John-
>
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