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Topic: USB port not found Da Vinci 2.0a

Successfully flashed my Da Vinci 2.0a yesterday with Repetier 0.92 and used Repetier Host to communicate okay. I used my large screen PC to do the flash as I could read instructions and flash on same machine. I then downloaded Simplify3D to a Laptop which will run the printer but it won't recognise the USB port. Any ideas? please

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Re: USB port not found Da Vinci 2.0a

If you load rh in the laptop will it communicate ? Sounds like you need to load the printer driver in the laptop.

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Re: USB port not found Da Vinci 2.0a

If the laptop is windows 8 or higher  then you may need to manually load the drivers that came with the printer as the default drivers that win 8 or higher installs will not work.

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Re: USB port not found Da Vinci 2.0a

Both desktop and laptop are Win 10 64bit so should behave the same. I’ve tried to find the required driver but no luck so far. I think it must be embedded in either the Arduino install or the Repetier install but as I don’t need them I tried looking for just the USB driver, no luck so far.

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Re: USB port not found Da Vinci 2.0a

Success, I had read in a couple of posts that the Arduino would only communicate with USB2.0 ports so didn’t bother to try the USB3.0 port on laptop. Just tried the USB3.0 port and it connected, full control through the jog controls so all is well. Thanks.