freeware Virtual COM port for SAMBA?
#1
Posted 07 August 2012 - 12:03 PM
#2
Posted 07 August 2012 - 02:43 PM
SAM-BA is the normal tool for this, and is free. I didn't even knew there were non-free tools for that purpose? The driver comes with SAM-BA.Does anyone know if there is a freeware virtual com port driver to use with Atmel's Samba to install the TinyBooterDecompressor?
I've used two freeware programs which work great but are limited in time and a license key is pretty expensive.
Any hints?
The 4.2 firmware for Netduino and Netduino plus is still beta and I know of this issue. I hope the next RC (or RTM) will have this fixed, but I can 'comfort' you by telling you're not the only one experiencing that issueFor some reason my netduino+ seems to be totally frozen quite often, even MFDeploy can't connect to it which only leaves me the 'hard reset' option. Since I'm a beginner, it might be an operator error of course. Using µFW 4.2 for VB in VS2010.
My .NETMF projects: .NETMF Toolbox / Gadgeteer Light / Some PCB designs
#3
Posted 07 August 2012 - 03:10 PM
SAM-BA is the normal tool for this, and is free. I didn't even knew there were non-free tools for that purpose?
The driver comes with SAM-BA.
Strange - I had Samba 2.11 and just installed 2.12 but Samba doesn't find its own COM-port then (other than the odd occasion earlier today). I had to install (and will have to again) another software and select these COM ports in Samba. There are no COM ports listed in my PC's hardware tree.
The 4.2 firmware for Netduino and Netduino plus is still beta and I know of this issue. I hope the next RC (or RTM) will have this fixed, but I can 'comfort' you by telling you're not the only one experiencing that issue
OK, fingers crossed then. The full reset is not a real problem once you know the procedure. It's just that after the evaluation period expires, I need to find another virtual COM port package. I wonder what's wrong with Samba then and why it did work but only once this morning...
#4
Posted 07 August 2012 - 05:09 PM
Strange... Drivers are placed at "C:\Program Files (x86)\ATMEL Corporation\sam-ba_2.11\drv" here...Strange - I had Samba 2.11 and just installed 2.12 but Samba doesn't find its own COM-port then (other than the odd occasion earlier today). I had to install (and will have to again) another software and select these COM ports in Samba. There are no COM ports listed in my PC's hardware tree.
My .NETMF projects: .NETMF Toolbox / Gadgeteer Light / Some PCB designs
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