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Subject: RE: serial ports not visible with 1.7 under Vista
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 18:16:12 +0100
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Christopher Faylor wrote on 29 May 2008 17:52:

> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 05:15:00PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>> Giovanni Maruzzelli wrote on 29 May 2008 16:41:
>> 
>>> Thanks a lot Dave!
>>> 
>>> Seems that it is looking for a \Device\Serial5
>> 
>>  Ouch.  That's a problem.  Not all serial devices use the same name
>> format. 
> 
> So what format do they use?

  Manufacturer dependent.  I have \Device\Serial0, \Device\NmSerial0 to
\Device\NmSerial3 and \Device\USBSER000 and \Device\USBSER001 all on one
machine.  As you see, it's got to go via a lookup of the com port in
\DosDevices.

>>  Although it's not strictly supported, you might be able to work around
>> it by using "\\\\.\\com6" instead.
> 
> That is not likely to work with Cygwin.  It won't recognize it as a
> serial device. 

  Ach, damn.  That explains Givoanni's problems.

    cheers,
      DaveK
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