> Subject: Re: SV: [PIC]: Trying to get a 18f4550 to talk to an LCD! Was
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>      I know about the timers but I am still learning about things like=20
> that so for now I have done the down and dirty. What I would really like=
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> to solve is why my VCP disappears and I have to do a reboot and then a=20
> reinstall to get it back. I have tried multiple version of the FTDI=20
> drivers to no avail. Argh!
> Thanks,
> Rich!
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On a Windows PC? Microsoft have been trying to discourage people from using=
 VCP since 1998, it's very poorly supported. Your problem is most likely to=
 be caused by not closing and then deleting the serial port object on exit =
from the code, then when you go to reconnect its not available. The other i=
ssue that causes problems is that your application has no way to determine =
if you have disconnected the hardware, then you attempt a read or writes an=
d it throws an exception. The FTDI driver is very reliable, the problem is =
99.9% likely to be above that.
Regards
James
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