[PD] Comport can't read serial devices when soundcard is plugged in

[Pierre Massat]

I m pretty sure it's not related to the hardware, as it works perfectly fine
in windows. I believe it has to do with the firmware.


2011/7/9 Martin Peach <martin.peach at sympatico.ca>

> If you are plugging and unplugging the arduino it's possible the OS doesn't
> detect it properly. I know there were issues with the FTDI driver not
> reporting when the device had been removed, that caused Pd to hang.
> As long as your resistors are more than about 1 kOhm it should be OK.
> If you write ones to the input pins they will have internal pullup
> resistors enabled, so a switch that connects the pin to ground when it's on
> will work.
> And the pots should be wired like this:
>
> 5V
> \
> /
> \<----Pin
> /
> \
> GND
>
> Anyway you say it works once it connects, so it's probably not the
> hardware, except possibly the cable/connectors.
>
> Martin
>
>
> On 2011-07-09 12:00, Pierre Massat wrote:
>
>> It's a laptop.
>> I don't get random dropouts once it's connected (I used it for 2 ours in
>> Pd and it worked fine all the time), but it just doesn't appear (either
>> in the Serial port menu of the IDE, or in the device list that comport
>> outputs) randomly. Do you think that this could still be caused by
>> something sucking up too much current? There's nothing special connected
>> to the board : 2 pots, and 8 buttons (wired so that their rest position
>> is High).
>>
>> Pierre
>>
>>
>
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