teensy 4.0 usb serial appears to me with a yellow triangle as when there is no driver

USB serial appears with a yellow triangle as when there is no controller, however the com5 port appears, this did not happen when reading the syscon of a ps4 and I did not get that yellow triangle, and from one moment to the next I get this yellow triangle and I can no longer connect to the ps4 syscon, has the teensy broken?

any suggestion
 
I get the same thing on Win11pro (23H2), with no bad side effects, since I am only using the COM5 serial port for the Arduino IDE Serial Monitor.

Mark J Culross
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That's exactly what happens to me, but with the difference that it does affect me and I no longer have a connection with any PS4 syscon, I tried it on 2 different ones, the soldering is fine and the teensy is well programmed, however on the same syscon that I made reading, then it never let me connect again. and as I said before I didn't get that triangle.
 
I get the same thing on Win11pro (23H2), with no bad side effects, since I am only using the COM5 serial port for the Arduino IDE Serial Monitor.

Mark J Culross
KD5RXT

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That's exactly what happens to me, but with the difference that it does affect me and I no longer have a connection with any PS4 syscon, I tried it on 2 different ones, the soldering is fine and the teensy is well programmed, however on the same syscon that I made reading, then it never let me connect again. and as I said before I didn't get that triangle.
 
I don't know what "PS4 syscon" is. Quick Google search found this.


Is this the software you're using? If so, I'm guessing you're not using Arduino IDE or other software normally used for programming Teensy?
 
Teensy 4.1 has a special feature to completely wipe its memory and restore a known-good LED blink program, the same as it had when it was brand new. We call it the "15 second restore", because you press and hold the pushbutton on Teensy for 15 seconds.

The button press actually needs to be more than 13 seconds and less than 17 seconds. You'll see a quick blink on the red LED when you're at the 13 second point. Release the button within the next 4 seconds. If you hold longer, it won't do the restore. When the restore starts, you'll see the red LED turn on solid and bright. The actual wipe and restore takes well over 1 minute (far longer than my attention span for any tech stuff). Know that it takes a long time and just patiently let it finish. When complete, your Teensy will reboot and you should see the orange LED blink slowly. That's your confirmation the erase worked and the memory was restored to the LED blink program it had when brand new.

Your PC will NOT see a serial port. It will be a HID device. On Windows Device Manager, sadly all HID devices look the same unless you do into the advanced properties and look at the ID numbers. Simplest way to confirm is to look at "Human Interface Devices" before the 15 sec restore and note how many you have. When the restore completes and the orange LED blinks, you should see 1 more.

Not sure if this will really solve the Windows driver issue you're having, but at least it'll give you a way to get back to the original HID device state Teensy 4.1 has when it's brand new and not yet programmed with any code that turns it into USB serial.
 
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Teensy 4.1 has a special feature to completely wipe its memory and restore a known-good LED blink program, the same as it had when it was brand new. We call it the "15 second restore", because you press and hold the pushbutton on Teensy for 15 seconds.

The button press actually needs to be more than 13 seconds and less than 17 seconds. You'll see a quick blink on the red LED when you're at the 13 second point. Release the button within the next 4 seconds. If you hold longer, it won't do the restore. When the restore starts, you'll see the red LED turn on solid and bright. The actual wipe and restore takes well over 1 minute (far longer than my attention span for any tech stuff). Know that it takes a long time and just patiently let it finish. When complete, your Teensy will reboot and you should see the orange LED blink slowly. That's your confirmation the erase worked and the memory was restored to the LED blink program it had when brand new.

Your PC will NOT see a serial port. It will be a HID device. On Windows Device Manager, sadly all HID devices look the same unless you do into the advanced properties and look at the ID numbers. Simplest way to confirm is to look at "Human Interface Devices" before the 15 sec restore and note how many you have. When the restore completes and the orange LED blinks, you should see 1 more.

Not sure if this will really solve the Windows driver issue you're having, but at least it'll give you a way to get back to the original HID device state Teensy 4.1 has when it's brand new and not yet programmed with any code that turns it into USB serial.
What happens when the red LED is constantly flashing?
 
What happens when the red LED is constantly flashing?

It depends on the speed and repetition. Several type of errors have a pattern of quick blinks with a pause between.

The red LED can also give a slow blinking, not in any pattern like 2, 3, 4 quick blinks in a row. The slow repeating blink means it in in programming mode and waiting for your PC to communicate. This can happen if you have Teensy powered by a 5V power supply but no USB cable at all, and you accidentally press the button.

But most offen the slow red LED blink means you have a power only cable. They're very commonly sold with cheap products that use a USB port for power. These cables have only 2 wires for power and to save cost, they don't have any wires for data! Obviously you can't program Teensy with one of those power-only cables.
 
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