OC USBKeys card not recognized in windows 7

[Jasmckee]

hi les,

yes the ic does fault in both cards, and the usbexp works in both cards, doesn't matter what usb port it is plugged into or what pc it is plugged into it does the same no matter with card the usbkeys ic is inserted into, that is why i drew the conclusion that maybe the ic is faulty, as it doen't work in either card, but the usbexp does.

i agree with you that windows is a funny beast at the best of times. but i am starting to think that maybe windows is not at fault this time.

again thanks for your help it is starting to get me somewhere now

Jason

[iwik]

Jason,
Well done,It does look it bit like the pic maybe at fault. The bare chip is available at Rs and Farnell. Providing you can programe a new one its worth a try.
Regards
Les

[Jasmckee]

hi les

thanks for the reply, i cannot programm a chip myself, i have got an email into open cockpits to see if they wil;l help out with the pic, might be able to buy a pic from them

will let you know how i get on

thanks

Jason

[iwik]

Hi,
If you have any trouble, i think i can program one for you.
Les

[Joe Lavery]

Hi Jason,

I managed to blow up the chip on my USBKeys card, Open Cockpits will sell you a new one, (for I think £7 in my memory serves) this is preprogrammed and their service is pretty quick.

Cheers
Joe.

[Jasmckee]

i will let you guys know what the outcome is, i might take you up on your offer les, will just see how oc will ehlp/charge

thanks

Jason

[andy_burnton]

Hi,
I've been having the same problem with this card in XP Pro. I've tried on three different machines and even on a different motherboard (which uses VIA chipset instead of Intel).

Sometimes is detected then system can't load driver, other times shows up as "Unknown Device".

Just had suggested to me that problem may be the speed of USB2. Suggestion was to put a USB 1 hub between system and board. Will try tonight and report back.

I take it that, like me, you tried to get help from Opencockpits and they didn't respond. I also notice that the links to the circuit diagram and software for this board now don't work (they did yesterday).

Cheers,

Andy

[andy_burnton]

Hi again,

Tried card through a USB1 hub last night. Worked perfectly the first time, restarted the machine and it did detect properly but didn't recognise switch inputs.

Still no response from Opencockpits despite having sent a message twice and put a post on their forum.

[andy_burnton]

Have a possible solution to this problem....

Friend of mine who is in to the art of PICing had a look at the chip on my board. Compared it to the code downloaded from OC's site. The two were VERY different.

He burned the downloaded code in to a chip for me and so far I've plugged it in to 4 different systems and all have identified it properly (one was a Windows 7 system).

It looks as if they may be sending out kits/boards with old (or new) code that doesn't work properly. Chic said it was something to do with the Vendor ID code.

Will give it a thorough thrashing and report back.

Andy

[andy_burnton]

Hi again,

Well I can say without doubt that the code in the PIC chip WAS the problem. Ive plugged the board in to 2 different XP pro machines and 2 different Windows 7 machines and all detected it correctly. The board then worked perfectly on all of them. This was with the code downloaded from the website burned in to a PIC.

Hope this helps somebody in the future.

Andy