I'm using the tablet on another PC, one that doesn't have this serial 
port problem.

Paul Hutchinson wrote:
> Before you spend too much time trying to get the serial port working, have a
> look at the release notes for your particular Wacom tablets XP driver.
>
> A couple months ago I went through the hassle of getting a serial port
> installed on a new PC for an old Wacom tablet. Then I discovered that my old
> serial Wacom tablet is not supported under Win XP SP2, it was in the release
> notes, that I hadn't read, doh. Had to swap it with the USB tablet on my
> Win2K PC (the Win2K Wacom driver did work with my serial tablet).
>
> Paul  
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu 
>> [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of John Pfaff
>> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 1:14 PM
>> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
>> Subject: Re: [EE] PC Serial Port
>>
>> I haven't installed the Wacom driver (not for lack of trying), or 
>> connected the tablet.  The setup program won't install the driver 
>> because the serial port is in use.  My problem is determining 
>> what has 
>> the serial port locked up and freeing it.
>>     
>
>   

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