I got one of these not long ago for a work project. It works just fine when I run it on my Windows XP virtual machine (I run Win7 and don't want to install the drivers on that OS for various reasons).
My project is based around a Maxim MAXQ2000 microcontroller module which contains an FTDI FT232BL chip to facilitate USB-to-serial communications. With the drivers I have for that, I am able to talk to a Realterm session within Win7 with no issues from my microcontroller's USB port (it's on COM9 if that matters at all). The problem is that when I actually connect the serial display to the module through its USB port, it won't even power on.
I am told that this is because the local OS needs to send some signal to the USB daughterboard to tell it that it should power on and prepare to receive data, however I was not told what this signal is. I can't exactly just download and install driver software from the website on my 16-bit micro which is programmed in Assembly, so please let me know what I should do.
One thought is that I need to clear the DTR pin somehow to enable the module to receive data, since I sometimes have to do this manually via Realterm, but I'm not sure what I need to do here.
Please advise.
My project is based around a Maxim MAXQ2000 microcontroller module which contains an FTDI FT232BL chip to facilitate USB-to-serial communications. With the drivers I have for that, I am able to talk to a Realterm session within Win7 with no issues from my microcontroller's USB port (it's on COM9 if that matters at all). The problem is that when I actually connect the serial display to the module through its USB port, it won't even power on.
I am told that this is because the local OS needs to send some signal to the USB daughterboard to tell it that it should power on and prepare to receive data, however I was not told what this signal is. I can't exactly just download and install driver software from the website on my 16-bit micro which is programmed in Assembly, so please let me know what I should do.
One thought is that I need to clear the DTR pin somehow to enable the module to receive data, since I sometimes have to do this manually via Realterm, but I'm not sure what I need to do here.
Please advise.
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