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02/19/07 13:34
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#133240 - USBExpress v Virtual COM
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Hi David,

SiLabs provides USBExpress in addition to their Virtual COM Port driver. This is a DLL that provides a set of APIs you can invoke without doing any of the normal DCB programming you would do to access the virtual COM port. I have no idea what limits you will run into, but I do know that when you use USBExpress the USB Host does not assign a COM port to the CP2102, so you won't have to worry about the COM9 limitation.

When I want to program my µ-controller with FLIP I have to change the PID to the default EA60h. The USB host then loads a virtual COM port driver for the CP2102, which shows up as COM4 on my particular system. Once I have the µ-controller programmed, I switch the PID to EA61h and the USB host removes the virtual COM port driver and loads the USBExpress driver.

Sorry I can't be more help, but I've never worked with more than the one unit at a time. Good luck,

Joe



List of 19 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
cp2102 and multiple COM ports            01/01/70 00:00      
   Depends on many things            01/01/70 00:00      
      assuming USB spec is obeyed            01/01/70 00:00      
         Assuming CP2102 works at 480mbps!            01/01/70 00:00      
            Right, but...            01/01/70 00:00      
   921600 Baud            01/01/70 00:00      
      115.2 kbps per USB port...            01/01/70 00:00      
         I do not know for sure            01/01/70 00:00      
            USBExpress v Virtual COM            01/01/70 00:00      
            Mindless unwarranted arbitrary restrictions            01/01/70 00:00      
            COM9 Limitation            01/01/70 00:00      
               what I referred to by "cheap method" was            01/01/70 00:00      
                  End of wrong stick?            01/01/70 00:00      
               Nothing to do with serial-to-USB            01/01/70 00:00      
                  not the list            01/01/70 00:00      
               COM9 Limitation Demystified            01/01/70 00:00      
                  quite            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Lazy?            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Thanks guys            01/01/70 00:00      

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