USB to Serial Port Installation and Troubleshooting - Downloading Drivers, Changing Com Port Number
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- Опубликовано: 7 июл 2024
- How to install your USB to serial drivers and troubleshoot problems. These steps work with almost all devices that show up as a com port on your PC.
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Well, it's 2024 now, this video is 5 years old, and the process did not work for me. Maybe over time the web site changed, and I just can't find what I need, !BUT! I want to compliment you on an extremely well done instructional vid. No "uh, kinda sorrt wanna" stuff, no hesitation, very well written, very comprehensive. Even though it didn't fix my problem, I watched the whole darn thing because I was mesmerized by the fluidity of your presentation. You don't mess around, Tim. Well done.
It's still there, one of our most popular downloads.
Serial Driver (in the troubleshooting section) courses.twcontrols.com/courses/allen-bradley-rslogix-500-plc-programming-lessons
I've spent the better part of two days with hundreds of visits to the device manager and you are the only one out of maybe 40 or more sites and untold 'experts' who got it completely right in 10 minutes. I'm so tired of 'driver' scams and click bait traps, not to mention stupid techs who don't know how to communicate. What a great feeling when my devices actually started popping up on the device manager. It also helped to ID a bad cable. You're bookmarked forever. Thanks Tim.
Glad it was helpful Jim. COM port troubleshooting can be a pain.
Oh my god thank you. I've been trying to connect my 3d printer to my pc for 5 hours. This step by step process did the trick.
Glad it helped!
Thank you. I have spent a couple of weeks on and off trying to get my COM port working. Your method fixed it straight off.
Glad to hear that Terry!
You make me want to cry with joy. Cars been dead for a week because I had to retune it. This worked!!
Glad it helped Brad.
Thank you Tim & Amber for sharing your expertise. Problem solved thanks to you guys!
Glad we would help you out Ken!
Thank you so much! I couldn't believe it would actually solve my problem. I have a USB cable to program my Bafang electric bike controller that need a driver. It worked and your directions were perfect! Again, thanks, Don
Glad I could help Don.
Super helpful. Appreciate you taking the time to put this up. Helped me get my 3D printer working with Windows 10.
Great to hear Jim!
Multi-hour battle to get a 4 year old Asus laptop to connect to a Cisco switch... I'm very grateful for this vid and the drivers. None of this was anywhere on the Asus site. Studying for CCNA. Much appreciated !!
Glad I could help you out Mal.
Your video helped me in less than 10min and it works instead off the countless hours of wasted time on the internet trying to resolve this driver installation problem. Thankyou so much i really enjoy your videos. Very informative and knowledgeable.
You are very welcome!
i spent HOURS trying to get my CR-10 V3 to connect last night and couldn't for the life of me. Tried changing my keyword search and your video popped up. fixed it in seconds
Glad to hear it was helpful!
The fun I’ve had trying to get a lab balance working, I was almost on first name terms with “Device manager”. 30 seconds with your video and I’d sorted it. Many thanks👍👍
Glad to help!
Thanks a lot! With these instructions I managed to solve the relevant problem with my VHF-UHF programming cable!
Glad it helped!
Man I've been struggling w this for an hour just found your vid. Changed my com port in my program and bam. Thanks so much!
Glad we could help you out.
Thanks! After hours of trial and error your video is what got it all fixed
Glad to hear!
Thank you so much! It worked perfectly on my "Washinglee" USB-1747-CP3 Allen Bradley DF1 cable.
You're welcome!
1st try, thanks a bunch.. new comp and this was what I needed to get my radios up and running... Thank you
Glad I could help Ray.
I love you man!!!!!! I was pulling my hair out because I couldn't find COM5 when installing a serial printer. Changed it to COM1 and BOOOOOM it works.
Great to hear!
Found this video trying to get my computer to talk to my 3d printer for a firmware upgrade! Thanks for the help with the driver install. Creality 3d printers help with com port 3
You are welcome Kenny.
Thank you very much. after 2 days of battling your video helped me to fix the problem!
Glad I could help Pieter!
Thank you so much for posting this! Works for my Ender 3 board 4.2.7, Marlin 0.0.6 :D
You're welcome!
you are the truth. Im so very thankful for your usb to serial com port app and instructions. Thank you so much.
so many people put half a** information on the internet and its frustrating. So again, thank you
Glad you found it helpful Dennis.
Thank you very much !! You saved me a lot of time ! I am trying to configure a cisco L3 from my pc with this type of cable . Now i can enjoy setting ! :)
Glad I could help!
Thanks!! I was pulling my hair out trying to figure out why my Ender 3 Pro usb connection was showing up as only USB serial. Worked like a charm!
You are welcome Dan
Worked like a charm to connect Pronterface to my 3d printer. Thanks!
You're welcome Matthew!
Worked even for my connection to my Cisco Switch and router! :) Thanks!
Glad I could help!
thanks guys , greeting from morocco
Thanks for watching!
Your’e awesome! Worked great! Thanks so much!!
You're welcome, thanks for watching!
thank you very much sir, of the many toturials from youtube only this works👍👍
You are welcome Anatha.
I did try and switch the rx and tx connections.
Thanks. Very instructive.
You are welcome Jeffrey.
hey you guys saved my ass. I'm configuring a DOF reality P6 motion simulator, and their support website does not include a driver. The plug and play features for some reason were not available on my system, (Windows 10), and the device showed up under Other devices with no driver, but now after installing your CH340 driver I've found the devices listed under the ports section, so I can copy the com port number to the config file.
your beautifully detailed video description told me what to do if I don't see my device in the ports section, then I found the CH340 mentioned there which I had seen in the troubleshooting part of DOF reality support instructions. (I don't even know what that is! haha)
I've never used a USB to Serial device before... and I can imagine I would be spending hours at this, but your video led me to installing the drivers and subsequently locating my device on COM5, (and another on COM6) within 25 minutes of plugging it in and discovering that it's not plug and play.
I appreciate you guys. And I'll be back if I still can't get this software to control the hardware
Glad we could help you figure it out David!
THANK YOU You saved my new laptop from the garbage
Glad to hear that Gary!
Same as many others said U Rock! Thank you
Thank you Christopher!
I really thank you a lot. I was just seeking for a driver to recognize a microcontroller but couldnt find the right one. Here was the answer!!
Glad we could help!
Big thanks, helped me connect to my car's ecu to tune it.
You are welcome.
Nice job my friend, you helped me a lot
Great to hear that!
Wow its solved my problem in Com port and using now for my laptop using CLI connected to the switch.
Glad to hear it!
Thanks So Much For This Video REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS!!!!
You are welcome!
Finally! Thank you
Glad I could help!
Thanks! Great video... is there any way to add more USB Comm ports to my laptop running Win7?
You can add as many as you have USB ports it use USB hubs to add more.
thank you very much, you're the best guys
Glad we could help!
Great stuff fixed my problem in 1.26 min thanks
Glad it helped
Small update i just had this fixed,all i done i installed CDM21218_Setup and its works now . Well well done you have helped to another person. Big Thanks.
You are welcome.
Mate, your a legend 👍 Thank you 😎
Happy to help
Wow and Wow... thank you very much!!!
You are welcome Jacob!
This helped me alot THANKS !!!
You are welcome Jay.
Nice video man, keep it up thanks for the info
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Worked for me!!
Great to hear!
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Thank you!(I've Been trying to figure out why my arduino wasn't working for a whole hour lol)
Glad I could help!
This guy is amazing, problem solved
Glad to hear that Rico!
thank you so much tim wilborne
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You are welcome Joe!
You saved my life... creality and there frickin "drivers" on their SD card never work.
Glad I could help!
it's done, I appreciate it.
Glad to help!
Note that for me, it was the cable: it looked like a micro-usb cable but it probably was not fully; it could charge a smartphone or power an arduino but could not interface with it.
Yes, some cables only have two pins for charging. Thanks for watching!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!
You're welcome Teresa!
Tim, glad I found your video, I made the mistake of double clicking on the exc file not through admin! It hacaused so many issues with my ESP32 DEV board and the new entry Lilygo Mini 32 to the point that neither are recognized when plugged in. My question is, how do I remove either CP21x and the CH34 files prior to reinstalling the drivers via your recommended method of through admin?
You won't need to uninstall them before installing them as administrator.
thanks for uploading this tutorial. but for my case it does not working at all, what should i do next?
Did you purchase your cable through us?
thank you very good splain
You are welcome.
The best Sir, tnks a lot!
Most welcome!
Hi, will this work for a usb A to usb mini or usb A to usb micro cables?
No, those type of cables are completely hard wired, no drivers or converters necessary.
Great job
Thank you.
I ran both of these as administrator trying to connect a CNC machine which needed a serial port (on Windows 8 64 bit laptop) that needs the CH340 and it didn't show up in Device Manager under anything . It uses an USB to mini to connect to the CNC machine. Any suggestions as to what I can try now?
Most CNCs are basic USB to serial adapters. You may try running the EXE file in the manual install of the PLC Cable Drivers at the following link.
www.theautomationstore.com/downloads/
Hey, Tim! I have a Windows 10 system, 64-Bit, and need to install a COM port for a Monarch Track-It Data Logger. I've never done this before. Is this video, your RUclips "USB to Serial Port Installation and Troubleshooting - Downloading Drivers, Changing Com Port Number" video, the best one to use to guide me through this please? Do you have another video you would suggest? Thank you, Tim!
Hi Joseph. I'm not familiar with this data logger but if it mentions a com port configuration in the data logger setup then this is probably the video to help you with the setup. A surprising number of "USB" devices are simply USB to serial converters.
Thanks so much for this info Tim. I was hopeful that it would solve my problem of providing a drive that would work with the new MacBook Air with the M1 chip on which I'm running Windows 10 via Parallels. However, it seems that despite the Rosetta emulation with 64bit apps, that conversion capability doesn't extend to drivers. What I'm wondering is if you think this might be a Microsoft/Windows or a Parallels issue? My sense is that its a Microsoft issue and probably the differences resulting from the ARM architecture. If that's the case, I'm hoping it's addressed sooner than later. Any insights you can provide Tim or anyone viewing this thread would be much appreciated.
Hi David, I don't know much about virtualization on a MacBook Air besides knowing that some people have done it successfully.
@@TimWilborne Hey Tim, the trick is Apple has introduced the new M1 chip which is a total game changer -- meaning lots of code rewriting. A lot has been done so far and most (99%) of stuff works on the M1. It's just those outlier apps which can be an issue, or, in my case, the drivers. Because a compatible driver couldn't be located a port couldn't be created. My guess is that one will be coming given Apple's move of all of their hardware to M1[X] platform. FYI, had no problem on the virtual machine via VM Ware on my old MacBook Air.
hi. I did all things same as in your video and when I check it on device manager I can see it properly installed on com2 and drivers are ok. But when I check the connection via putty it says "unable to open connection to com2. unable to open serial port". what might be the reason? thank you.
Try changing your com port number. It is likely that something else it tying it up. Only one application can access a com port at a time.
Dear God Thank you for this man, He helped me not to trash my Tevo Tornado this Day
Glad I could help!
Thanks a lot.
You are welcome!
very nice video for learners
Thank you! 🙂
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I've looking for drivers and lib file for about a day. congratulations for #theautomationstore. I guess, the web page was updated but still I can easily navigate to files thank you @TIM and @Amber for this video, Website and files.
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Thank u so much
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Thanks u so much Sir
You are welcome.
Hello, I am trying to make the yellow triangle go away for a Communications Port so I can putty into my router. You wouldn't by any chance know what driver would work for that, would you? Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!
No, I don't know. If it is a serial port, then you could try our drivers.
thanks dude your the best
Glad I could help Elvis!
Thanks. . it works.
You're welcome!
thanks verry helpfull
You're welcome!
it's worked perfectly!!!!
Great to hear!
Great. You are greater supporter. Do better to train more.
Hey Tim, Have you built anything with ABs 2080-SerialISOL Module?
No Art, haven't played with one of them.
@@TimWilborne I'm working with it now; if you decide make a video and want some first hand knowledge .. hit me up would be glad to help
thank you so much . you deserve a comment. your video helped me while i am going for a task in the train .
Glad to hear that!
Perhaps you can help me. Using a barcode scanner with serial connector. Added a serial to USB adapter and all seems good. I can see the port in the device manager and input from the scanner can be captured in Notebook, word and other Windows programs, including web browsers. However, running an application for retail sales the scanned data never makes it to that application. Have a second USB type scanner and that works fine. Scratching my head trying to figure out why the scanned data from the serial device never makes it to the application. Any advice what to look for?
Hi Kurt, not too familiar with bar code scanners.
My device manager on windows 10 shows both CP210x and CH340 drivers installed (two ports for each) but port is greyed out on my ESP32 nt allowing me to select. Can you tell me how to correct. I think I have to run a program to Arduino allow Arduino IDE to recognize ports.
I'm not familiar with the ESP32. Don't think I can help with this one.
Cool.
very cool
Thank you!
is this for all versions or brand of any serial ports??
It is for our USB to serial cables but the drivers work with many other devices.
Hi from Australia. Thanks for your youtube. I was wondering is you could help me with a problem.My problem is that Ive installed mac3 and all works great, the roadrunner program runs all the way through great. The problem is that the pc doesnt comunicate with control box. With it turned on the stepper motors cant be turned so they have power. I have a USB model chinese 6040 and when I installed mac3 I didnt ok the parrallel port driver install as mine is usb conected so I dont think it has driver for the USB. Do you think this could be the problem and where could I get the driver thats neded.
Thanks from Merv
I don't work enough with Macs so don't know.
ugh. I finally thought I'd found the answer after a solid day of searching only to find the drivers are no longer available.......
It is still there, all you have to do is click on the "Click here to download the drivers for all of our PLC cables."
I need drivers if possible for Windows XP 32bit. This is an old laptop going to a commercial embroidery machine via female to female serial port cable. My computer is not acknowledging the cable in port com1. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have a question, I am using a pySerial library in python to make a program to connect to a cisco layer 2/3 switch. Will this work with that? It usually asks for a "COM" port but would I just need to put the name of the port that shows up instead?
I love the video btw :)
I would guess that you just need to specify the COM port. Glad you like the video!
Did not find the downloads on the new web site as suggested on video-- so I guess this driver is no longer available
Still there, try again...
If you go to the site and go to Control Panel and Supplies, then Allen Bradley PLC Programming Cable Kit, and then scroll to the bottom. The link is provided there next to "Download Drivers". I'll try to post a link to the zip in another response as I don't know if RUclips will auto delete it or not.
It's 12:02 in india and I was in trouble... Thanks
Glad we could help!
Hello, I've tried step by step everything from your video but it's still the same, when I plug in my cable the Ports folder in Device Manager doesn't show up at all. Any suggestions?
It is probably an incorrect driver, check with the manufacturer
hello some alternative to run putty - port COM 3 shows a yellow mark and after update the driver putty can no connect USB serial port
windows 11
Do you know a way to connect a telescope with a USB to rj9 serial.It appears as other devices and doesn't le me connect to my telescope.
No but that sounds like a really neat device.
works for USB serial converter to Rs485. Thanks
You are welcome Roberto.
I'm trying to connect a BAOFENG cable for my radio but it only says "USB Serial". After trying to follow the instructions it still is showing up with the yellow triangle and no driver info, it is showing as unknown and not available. Any thoughts?
Never heard of that cable, it definitely isn't one of ours.
Can I connect a USB device to a serial port on a Windows 98 machine?
Yes you'll probably need to download the Windows 98 drivers but it will work just fine.
The support header is gone from your site and i cant find the drivers i need for a USB to CNC DB25 cable.
See link below
twcontrols.com/lessons/what-cable-do-you-need-to-connect-to-an-allen-bradley-plc
ch340 does not show up in device manager after installation and restart, should it ?
It should show up under Ports, Com and LPT.
made it. Thanks !!! You ended up my pain of 2 years with PORT issue... 😜