[time-nuts] USB and Mouse conflict persists

Christian Vogel vogelchr at vogel.cx
Wed May 11 13:59:50 UTC 2011


Hi Stan,

> I am running XP Pro with a USB laser mouse and a USB to serial adapter  
> to the T'Bolt.
> The USB to serial adapter drivers are on hand and they loaded nicely,
> with the computer setting the USB port to COM10.

if your adapter uses one of the popular FT232 chips from FTDI, then your
"mouse" will be rediscovered from time to time, thanks for the "Serial  
Enumerator"
feature present in the driver (see  
http://www.ftdichip.com/Documents/AppNotes/AN_107_AdvancedDriverOptions_AN_000073.pdf  
).

To disable this incredibly frustrating function, open the windows
device manager and remove the serial mouse. Then open the properties
of the serial COM port.

On the tab "Port Settings" click "Advanced" and in that window uncheck the
box next to "Serial Enumerator".

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_zKkNaqX3vkM/S-mRNIaXuoI/AAAAAAAAAw8/W6mWXYShUC8/s1600-h/serial-properties%5B2%5D.png

You'll have to repeat this whenever your USB-to-serial adapter is  
re-discovered, for
example when you've moved it to a different USB port on your machine.

Greetings,

	Chris



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