Teensy boards "Seeing" COM Ports

[rfresh737]

My teensy boards (3.2 and 3.5) do not seem to be registering a com port when I connect my USB cable to my PC.

When I start up my Ardunio IDE and connect an Ardunio Uno or Nano or Mega, I see the com port such as COM3 or COM4 in the Tools->Ports menu. If I connect my Teensy 3.2 or 3.5, no com port shows up in the Tools->Ports menu.

Do I have to do something else before I can get the Teensy boards to successfully connect to a com port and register as such?

 

[defragster]

Might be something to help in this post … USB type Serial? Is TD 1.42 in use - it will have a Ports menu and indicate when Teensy is in Bootloader after button press.

teensy-1st-setup-problem

 

[rfresh737]

I changed cables and I can now see the com port I'm attached to.

Much thanks...

 

[PaulStoffregen]

Install Teensyduino 1.42.

https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_download.html

The ports menu was recently changed to show all the non-serial USB types. Details here:

https://www.pjrc.com/teensyduino-1-42-whats-new/

Click Help > About to check which version you have. Anything older than 1.41 only shows the serial types in the menu. You can upload to non-serial with any version (even if not selected), but now they actually appear in the menu.

 

[rfresh737]

Thanks Paul...I did install 1.42 the other day...I verified in the Ardunio IDE About window: Teensyduino 1.42.

I think the problem was cables...I finally found one that was a data cable vs a charge-only cable.