The other thing I just now thought of is that your laptop may have two things
trying to use the same COM port.
This article might help. It mentions a Microsoft utility to list what things are
using the COM ports. The utility is Process Explorer.
Donald KX8K
On Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:04:29 -0500, "Donald Hellen" <donhellen@...>
wrote:
You could have some program interfering with the driver. What does it show in
Device Manager in Windows? Is the driver showing as working?
On Sun, 11 Feb 2024 22:14:02 +0000 (UTC), "Richard AG5M via groups.io"
<ag5m@...> wrote:
. So exactly what the issue is with my HP laptop and is unknown. Will do some more digging when I get home and report back.
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