[time-nuts] Needed: The Real Serial USB Fix

[Jim Lux]

On 1/27/13 11:28 AM, Peter Gottlieb wrote:
> It came down to startup issues.  If every fifth time the system was
> turned on it wouldn't initialize properly and not see an airflow or
> whatever sensor, it required the calling of a tech from the test group
> to come over and get it going.  We run Labview but it was always a
> Windows problem as the devices wouldn't show up in Device Manager.


Aha.. yes.. I  understand..  Especially if you have a bunch of widgets 
with the same manufacturer/device number. How do you know that the USB 
widget that was COM4 yesterday is still COM4 and not COM 5.