Vex Usb Serial Port Com3 now has a special edition for these Windows versions: Windows 7, Windows 7 64 bit, Windows 7 32 bit, Windows 10, Windows 10 64 bit, Windows 10 32 bit, Windows 8, Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit, Windows Vista Home Basic 64bit, Windows 10 Pro 32bit, Windows 8 Pro 32bit, Windows 10 Pro Education 32bit, Windows Vista Starter 32bit, Windows 10 Home 32bit, Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise 32bit, Windows 10 Enterprise 32bit, Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit, Windows 10 32bit. Driver Model OS Original Upload Date Last Modification Driver File File Size Compatible Computer Models Availabilty To Instalation Manager Vex Usb Serial Port Com3 7371.17 For Windows 7 32 bit 10/9/2014 alldrivers-7371.17.exe 201kb LG 15U530-GT30K, SIE 840P3, IBYTE Udp gn naxos-i1l, Notebook S210TU, HP PX581AA-ABE w5030.es, Packard Bell OneTwo M3450, Gateway DX441X, IBM IBM System x3200 M2 -4368K5G, Lenovo ThinkPad T61, and more. Vex Usb Serial Port Com3 23764 For Windows 7 64 bit 9/29/2014 alldrivers-23764.exe 47kb IBM BladeCenter HS22 -7870B4U, IBM 814132U, Gigabyte M1022, Lenovo ThinkPad T60, Fujitsu CLW8GAG1D, HP Pav dv6521 mariner, LG R560-U.ABLGL, HP RY889AA-UUW m7795.sc, Sony VPCL229FJ, Seneca Pro318568, Lenovo ThinkCentre M91p, IBM 26478RG, and more. Vex Usb Serial Port Com3 Q41.1647 For Windows 7 2/16/2015 alldrivers-q41.1647.exe 43kb NEC DT000024, WIPRO WSG68125W7E-0015, Sony VPCZ23M9E, Compaq NC696AA-ABA SR5000, Sony VGN-B250FP, and more. Vex Usb Serial Port Com3 2.1261.14 For Windows 10 11/4/2014 alldrivers-2.1261.14.exe 48kb IBM IBM System x3350 -4193E5G, Sony VGN-NS330J, IBM Eserver xSeries 235 -86716BG, Wortmann U14M, HP S5-1028hk, ASUS X71S, MEI GSeries, Compaq EK360AA-ABZ SR1659IT IT540, TriGem AVERATEC, LG R490-K.ARCWE1, and more. Vex Usb Serial Port Com3 71.1631.1 For Windows 10 64 bit alldrivers-71.1631.1.exe 107kb HP WC812AA-ABV HPE-130me, HP HP ProBook 6550b, Fujitsu FMVNFE50W, SAMSUN 700Z, Gateway T-1620, NEC PC-VY16AEDAMFL2, Lenovo ThinkCentre M58e, ASUS CG5290, Sony VPCF11A4E, Sony VGC-LB92S, Toshiba SATELLITE C855-1LC, Fujitsu FMVDC2A041, IBM IBM System x3400 M2 Server -783734G, and more.
Vex Usb Serial Port Com3 21.141.18 For Windows 7 32 bit alldrivers-21.141.18.exe 152kb HP Presario 2500, WINCOR NIXDORF EPC A4, Nvidia MCP7A-ION, HP HP ProBook 5330m, HP EP074AA-ABU m7340.uk, SAMSUN NC10, MEI GSeries, and more. Notepad (like ms onenote for mac. Vex Usb Serial Port Com3 32379 For Windows 7 64 bit 3/6/2015 alldrivers-32379.exe 173kb Sony VPCEG1S1R, HP BK345AA-ACJ p6373i, Lenovo 3000 J205 Desktop, ECS SMACKER II-MS300, and more. Vex Usb Serial Port Com3 81.1937 For Windows 7 9/2/2014 alldrivers-81.1937.exe 110kb HP P6580t, Acer TM6495T, Fujitsu FMVS54KRC, Fujitsu FPC03080AL, Compaq AU852AA-ABM CQ5216LA, WIPRO WIV, Toshiba NB100, HP Pavilion dv2854ca, NEC PC-VY20AED5MFA5, Dell Latitude 13, Sony VGN-FW21L, and more.
Vex Usb Serial Port Com3 2.11.19 For Windows 10 fnj-2.11.19.exe 25kb Packard Bell IXtreme X9240, Toshiba S A110-160, Toshiba Dynabook BX/31L2, WIPRO WIV, Fujitsu FMVL18B, Toshiba Dynabook EX/56LWH, BenQ Joybook A51, Fujitsu FMVNFC60H, HP LX909ES#ABZ, LG LB50-CC34ZL, HP HP 14 Notebook PC, Acer Acer Project, and more. Vex Usb Serial Port Com3 72302 For Windows 10 64 bit alldrivers-72302.exe 32kb Mitsubishi CX32VLZJTSBH, Compaq DD373A-ABY 6650 DK110, ASUS ESC4000 G2 Series, Lenovo 6069W1R, HP HP Compaq dc7600 Base Convertible Minito, IBM 2647A5G, HP HP Compaq DC5850, NEC PC-MJ30DLZCA, VIA VT8653-8233, Sony PCG-GRZ615M, Sony VGN-NS180D, ASUS N81De, and more. Please Note: There are particular operating systems known to have problems with Vex Usb Serial Port Com3:.
Windows Vista Home Basic. Windows 8.
Windows XP Home Edition, for home desktops and laptops. Windows 10 Education. Windows XP Starter Edition. Windows 7 Enterprise (Microsoft Windows NT). Windows 10 Home. Windows Vista Home Premium. Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (Microsoft Windows NT).
Windows Vista Home Basic If you encounter problems with the direct download for these operating systems, please consult the driver download manager for the specific Vex Usb Serial Port Com3 model.
This driver allows the cortex to be connected to OSX and show up as a serial device in the same way as the programming cable. ConVEX and PROS running on OSX are now able to download code to the cortex directly. I started this thread so that the forum search function would do a better job in allowing users to find this in the future. We previously discussed the driver here. I've updated the USB driver for compatibility with OSX 10.9 (Mavericks). There's actually no change to the driver code but the kext was recompiled against the 10.8 SDK, is now code signed and placed in the new preferred location. I have tested with a clean install of the GM that was released to developers a few days ago, I have not tested on a system that was updated from a previous OS.
The original driver will still work under 10.9 but the OS will complain about security and ask you contact your vendor for an updated version, this is it. There are still three separate installers, one for 10.5, one for 10.6 through 10.8 and one for 10.9. I could have integrated them all into one but I don't have time to check that the correct kext gets installed for each OS. The driver can be downloaded from here. The driver consists of a single kernel extension that gets placed in /System/Library/Extensions for OSX 10.5 through 10.8 /Library/Extensions for OSX 10.9 The kernel extension is called VexCortexCDC.kext To uninstall, remove this bundle with admin privledges.
Please reports any bugs or kernel panics in this thread, however, I've been using the driver for a couple of weeks now with no issues. @ The driver does not seem to work with the latest Mac OS 10.12 Sierra as I could not find the COM port on Mac for VEX even after installing the driver.
Is there a plan to support the latest Mac OS? What type of Mac did you try on? The USB connection should show up in system information even if the driver does not load. I don't have 10.12 installed anywhere and I think most of my personal hardware is now getting too old to use it, I will see if I can setup a VM sometime over the holidays and do some tests.
@ I tried on Mac Mini with OS Sierra 10.12. I have attached a snapshot of the System and Hardware Overview. As you mentioned, the USB connection does show up the VEX board Product ID, Vendor ID and other details. However, executing the command 'ls /dev/cu.usb.' In a terminal does not show the port for the VEX hardware. Let me know if you need any other info to debug this. TL;DR the driver works with MacOS Sierra.
I tested the driver today under 10.12.2, everything is working for me without issue. I used an older laptop that was updated to 10.12 from 10.9, it was not a clean install and the driver had never been installed on this laptop. There is a thread on the Apple developer forums discussing USB issues, some people have had some problems after the update to Sierra with simple devices such as USB disk drives. Suggestions to fix this range from reseting the SMC chip to simply reinstalling drivers.
I have had issues with the cortex not working with some Macs and PCs in the past, one solution to this has been using a USB hub between the cortex and computer, you may want to try that and see what happens. TL;DR the driver works with MacOS Sierra. I tested the driver today under 10.12.2, everything is working for me without issue. I used an older laptop that was updated to 10.12 from 10.9, it was not a clean install and the driver had never been installed on this laptop. There is a thread on the Apple developer forums discussing USB issues, some people have had some problems after the update to Sierra with simple devices such as USB disk drives.
Suggestions to fix this range from reseting the SMC chip to simply reinstalling drivers. I have had issues with the cortex not working with some Macs and PCs in the past, one solution to this has been using a USB hub between the cortex and computer, you may want to try that and see what happens. Thanks for trying on Mac and your suggestions. I tried using a USB hub and performing SMC reset but didn't help. I'll see if there's anything else I can try to make it work.
@ Thanks for trying on Mac and your suggestions. I tried using a USB hub and performing SMC reset but didn't help.
I'll see if there's anything else I can try to make it work. Open up the console (not terminal) and see if it gives the following when you plugin the cortex.
I did have a look into this, it's all related to the rewrite of the USB stack that Apple released as part of OSX 10.11. Looking at your ioreg logs, I see that under 10.11 the cortex is seen as a 'AppleUSBDevice' where under 10.12 (on your Mac) it's a 'IOUSBHostDevice'. When I look on my old laptop running 10.12 I see it as a 'AppleUSBDevice', why I don't know, perhaps it's hardware (USB 3 vs USB 2) related. Apple pretty much changed everything for USB drivers in 10.11 although kept some backwards compatibility support, lots of people have had issues.
So at this stage I don't hold much hope for this driver moving forwards, fundamentally the USB implementation in the cortex was broken and this was a bit of a hack to make it compatible, I don't have the bandwidth (or suitable hardware that exhibits the issue) to look into this anytime soon. I rarely use the driver myself, 99% of my programming is done using the programming kit via the joystick so I don't really have much motivation to support it.