Constantin
Well-known member
The messages I have seen on this topic in the past are not encouraging.
With Arduino 1.6.9, the IDE compiles and programs fine thanks to Pauls hard work with the USB loader. However, I cannot ever get the Arduino Serial Monitor to work (the board shows up as COM8 but selecting COM8 and then starting the Serial Monitor results in... nothing!).
Sometimes, either VisualStudio or Putty can connect to the board, but frequently they fail to open the connection and I find the Serial Monitor in Visual Studio to be very fragile... i.e. program the booard with the Teensy loader and the next thing you know, the Visual Studio program throws a conniption fit and restarts in a pique.
Restating the computer doesn't seem to help. Re-installing Arduino, Teensy 1.29, or the Serial driver doesn't result in the desired effect either. Anything else to try? Any programs that are good at figuring out what is ailing this USB / Serial connection? Or Do I need to upgrade to Windows 10 as Paul has suggested in the past to benefit from a fixed USB driver within Windows?
With Arduino 1.6.9, the IDE compiles and programs fine thanks to Pauls hard work with the USB loader. However, I cannot ever get the Arduino Serial Monitor to work (the board shows up as COM8 but selecting COM8 and then starting the Serial Monitor results in... nothing!).
Sometimes, either VisualStudio or Putty can connect to the board, but frequently they fail to open the connection and I find the Serial Monitor in Visual Studio to be very fragile... i.e. program the booard with the Teensy loader and the next thing you know, the Visual Studio program throws a conniption fit and restarts in a pique.
Restating the computer doesn't seem to help. Re-installing Arduino, Teensy 1.29, or the Serial driver doesn't result in the desired effect either. Anything else to try? Any programs that are good at figuring out what is ailing this USB / Serial connection? Or Do I need to upgrade to Windows 10 as Paul has suggested in the past to benefit from a fixed USB driver within Windows?