Re: [oopic] Re: Trouble connecting to OOPic-R via serial cable

Hmm, I'm no Windows expert, but if it says that something has the COM
port open then I'd start looking at a driver. Do you have any other
devices that hook up to the serial port in your configuration? Even if
they aren't being used right now?

DLC

dhaukoos wrote:
> No Hyperterm or similar running. Not sure the best way to check what
> else might have the serial port open, so I logged out and back in
> again, and then only started the OOPic IDE. When I tried the same
> sequence, I got the same error message. How can I explicitly query to
> find out what might have it open (if it really is)? Should I try
> restarting the PC instead of just loggin out?
>
> Dana
>
> --- In oopic@yahoogroups.com, ooPIC Technical Support
> <dennis.clark@...> wrote:
>
>>Look for what else has that serial port open. Only one device at a
>
> time
>
>>can. Do you have a Hyperterm or similar running?
>>
>>DLC
>>
>>dhaukoos wrote:
>>
>>>--- In oopic@yahoogroups.com, "rtstofer" <rstofer@> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>--- In oopic@yahoogroups.com, "dhaukoos" <dhaukoos@> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I am attempting to connect my PC to my OOPic-R for the first
>
> time, and
>
>>>>>I have a problem. From the OOPic IDE, I am getting the following
>
> error
>
>>>>>message, "Cannot find a serial cable connected to an ooPIC", when I
>>>>>press the button labeled 'Find Serial Cable' under Tools->Cable
>>>>>Configuration.
>>>>
>>>>Finding a serial cable doesn't always work. Just TELL the IDE where
>>>>to look. If you have the cable on COM1, specify it.
>>>>
>>>>Richard
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks for your response. I have tried specifying Comm 1 via the radio
>>>button selection. When I subsequently try to make and download (via
>>>the F5 key) the simple example from chap. 2 of the programmer's guide
>>>(Your first OOpic application), I get this message: "Error opening
>>>Comm 1, Port already open".
>>>
>>>Not sure what to try next. Any other thoughts?
>>>
>>>Dana
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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