Cant upload with USB power cable

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Cant upload with USB power cable

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I keep getting the serial port com 3 error. I have tried all 4 usb ports on my laptop. Any idea? the head unit does power on but cant upload to it. I'm using a windows 8 laptop
Barry

Current tank info: 150g mixed reef

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Re: Cant upload with USB power cable

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Can you post the error code?
Do you have any other serial port listed on menu Tools->Serial Port?
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Re: Cant upload with USB power cable

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The following features were automatically added:
Watchdog Timer
Version Menu

The following features were detected:
Dimming Signal
Custom Main Screen
Extra Font - Medium Size (8x8 pixels)
Moon Phase Label
Standard Menu
Binary sketch size: 45,078 bytes (of a 258,048 byte maximum)
processing.app.SerialNotFoundException: Serial port 'COM3' not found. Did you select the right one from the Tools > Serial Port menu?
	at processing.app.Serial.<init>(Serial.java:191)
	at processing.app.Serial.<init>(Serial.java:77)
	at processing.app.debug.Uploader.flushSerialBuffer(Uploader.java:77)
	at processing.app.debug.AvrdudeUploader.uploadViaBootloader(AvrdudeUploader.java:172)
	at processing.app.debug.AvrdudeUploader.uploadUsingPreferences(AvrdudeUploader.java:67)
	at processing.app.Sketch.upload(Sketch.java:1857)
	at processing.app.Sketch.exportApplet(Sketch.java:1810)
	at processing.app.Sketch.exportApplet(Sketch.java:1783)
	at processing.app.Editor$DefaultExportHandler.run(Editor.java:2357)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)


"Serial port 'COM 3' not found" in orange at the bottom of the window.


Is that what you need? I cant select serial port in the tools menu, its greyed out. This happened to me once before but I just used the ttl cable and upload was successful.
Barry

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Re: Cant upload with USB power cable

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If it is grayed out, it means the computer didn't find the cable.
Make sure you plug in the USB-TTL cable and check if the drivers are installed correctly too.
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Re: Cant upload with USB power cable

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You are using the USB power cable AND the TTL cable, correct?

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Re: Cant upload with USB power cable

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I am not. Guess that's my problem huh? Thanks!
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Re: Cant upload with USB power cable

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You're welcome. ;)
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Re: Cant upload with USB power cable

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I know this is an old thread, but there's nothing in the documentation (downloaded V2.1.5) to show where/how to plug in the USB power cable. It LOOKS like the only place is say the temperature probe, but would prefer not to let magic smoke out :) It's tiring moving the relay box over to the PC every time I program ...

I would suggest modifying the owners manual.

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Re: Cant upload with USB power cable

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It is the temperature probe port. :D
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Re: Cant upload with USB power cable

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Yep, no magic smoke on my end o.O :D thanks! Funny it's not documented though. Let's fix that! :)

Thank you,

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