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Virtual COM Port Drivers for Ross-Tech USB Interfaces
Older Ross-Tech RS-232 Serial interfaces can be set to power up as 'dumb K-Line pass through' interfaces. This allowed those old Serial interfaces to be compatible with a wide variety of third-party applications which expect a 'K-line pass-through' serial interface. However, our USB interfaces present additional challenges. Early in their development, we found a number of technical advantages to using a 'direct' USB driver which bypasses the Windows Serial drivers entirely. Hence the USB drivers that ship with VCDS do not emulate a serial COM port and cannot be used with applications that expect to communicate via a serial port.
NOTE: The following applies to our legacy USB interfaces (HEX-USB, KII-USB and HEX-USB+CAN). It does NOT apply to our current HEX-V2 or HEX-NET interfaces. These new interfaces do not use a USB UART chip and cannot be be used for 'dumb K-line pass-through'!
In order to facilitate the use of third-party applications which expect to communicate with a serial interface, drivers that emulate a COM port are available. However, anyone thinking about using them needs to be aware of the following points:
We do not offer installation support for these drivers. They should be used only by someone who is competent/comfortable installing (and possible uninstalling) USB drivers on his PC.
We cannot offer any support for third-party software, nor any guarantee that it will work correctly with these drivers. Of course, the same would apply with a serial interface as well.
That said, here some installation notes:
These drivers are compatible with Windows 2000 and newer. They should work with W2K, XP-32, XP-64, Vista-32 and Vista-64. We do not have any VCP drivers for Windows 98!
Unzip the contents of the download into a new folder.
With an interface plugged in, find it in Device Manager, right-click it, and select Update Driver.
Depending on what drivers your system already has installed, you may have to 'force' these by telling the wizard not to search, but to let you specify what driver to install, then doing the Have Disk and Browse thing.
There's also the possibility that the Virtual COM Port won't install automatically. We've found no real pattern why it does on some systems and not on others. If it does not, find the interface in Device > Manager. The name should show '... with VCP'. Open the properties sheet, click the Advanced tab, and make sure Load VCP is checked. Once checked, disconnect and re-connect the interface.
Once the USB Serial Port is installed, you may need to change the COM Port Number (depending on how high a number the applications supports). Device Manager, Properties sheet for the USB Serial Port, Port Settings tab, Advanced button. The COM Port Number may change if you plug the interface into a different USB port, so I'd recommend always using the same USB port.
VCDS should continue to work fine with these drivers installed. Leave VCDS set to USB, not a Virtual COM Port!
Assuming you've read and understand all of the above, you can download the 'Virtual COM Port' drivers here:
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In case a particular USB Port or all the USB Ports on your computer are not working, you should be able to fix the problem by using any of the methods as provided below to fix the issue of USB Ports not working in Windows 10.
USB Ports Not Working in Windows 10
The USB ports on a Windows 10 computer can stop working and become unresponsive due to device drivers getting corrupted, power supply to USB ports being cutoff and other reasons.
Luckily, many users have reported fixing the problem of USB Ports not working in Windows 10 using the following methods.
- Power OFF/Start Computer Again
- Reinstall Faulty Device Drivers
- Disable Fast Startup
- Change Power Management Settings
- Disable USB Selective Suspend Setting
- Check For Updates
Before going ahead with these methods, make sure that the problem is with the USB Port and not with the USB device that you are trying to connect to the computer.
To check, plug in another device into the USB port of your computer and see if it is working. If the new device is also not working, it confirms that the USB Port is not working.
1. Power Off Computer and Start Again
Sometimes the problem of USB Ports not working in Windows 10 can be fixed by the simple act of shutting down your computer and starting it back again.
Simply, power OFF your computer and also unplug the computer from its power source. After waiting for 2 minutes, connect the computer back to its power source and Power it on.
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2. Reinstall Faulty Device Drivers
The problem of USB Ports not working in Windows 10 could be due to the drivers for USB Ports getting corrupted.
This issue can be fixed by uninstalling all the Faulty device drivers and allowing Windows to automatically reinstall the drivers back on your computer.
1. Right-click on the Start button and then click on Device Manager.
2. On the Device Manager screen, right-click on the USB Controllers with an exclamation mark and click on Uninstall in the contextual menu.
4. Repeat the above steps for other USB Controllers with exclamation marks.
5.Restart your computer.
Once your computer restarts, Windows should automatically load the right drivers as required for USB Ports on your computer.
3. Disable Fast Startup
The Fast Startup option as available in Windows 10 can sometimes lead to Windows skipping USB Ports during the start up process.
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1. Open the Control Panel on your computer.
2. On the Control Panel Screen, click on Hardware and Sound > Change What Power Buttons Do link.
3. On the next screen, scroll down to “Shutdown Settings” and uncheck Turn on fast startup option.
With Fast Startup disabled you will find your computer booting up a bit slower, but you may not even notice the difference.
4. Change Power Management Setting For USB Root Hub
The default tendency of Windows computer to turn-off power supply to unused USB ports and external device can cause the problem of USB Ports not working in Windows 10.
1. Right-Click on Start button and then click on Device Manager option.
2. On the device Manager Screen, right-click on USB Root Hub and click on Properties.
3. On the Properties screen, click on Power Management tab and uncheck the option for “Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power” and click on OK.
In case you have more USB Root Hubs, you will need to repeat the above steps for them as well.
5. Disable USB Selective Suspend Setting
In case all the USB Ports are not working on your computer, you can disable Selective Suspend Power Setting for all the USB Ports on your computer.
1. Open Control Panel on your computer.
2. On the Control Panel Screen, make sure that you are in “Category” view and click on System and Security.
3. On the System and Security Screen, click on Power Options.
4. On Power Options screen, click on Change Plan Settings link located next to the current Power Plan.
5. Next, click on Change Advanced Power Settings link.
6. On the next screen, click on USB Settings > USB selective suspend setting and select disabled option for “Plugged In” and also for “On Battery” in case you are using a Laptop.
7. Click on OK to save above settings.
6. Check For Updates
See if an Update is available for your computer. If an update is available, Windows will also install the latest available drivers for USB Ports on your computer.
1. Click on the Start button > Settings Icon > Updates & Security.
2. On the Update and Security screen, click on Windows Update in the side menu and click on Check For Updates button.
3. Allow Windows to check for available updates and install them onto your computer
In case updates are available, the latest available device drivers will also be installed on your computer.