ProScan: Official Software Thread

[mandlair]

Well, I wish I never shut my laptop down! Back to the same old thing? In use by another program? Tried everything again no go! It seems if I go to mass storage and restart my laptop and plug in the cable hit no i.e. serial it worked last night for the first time in days.

 

[iMONITOR]

Well, I wish I never shut my laptop down! Back to the same old thing? In use by another program? Tried everything again no go! It seems if I go to mass storage and restart my laptop and plug in the cable hit no i.e. serial it worked last night for the first time in days.

See Post #4779

 

[mandlair]

Windows will often move USB/Serial port assignments like musical-chairs. IE: If you boot Windows with a a USB laser printer ON, and a color inkjet printer ON and a WEB camera ON then turn your scanners and get it all working, then restart Windows with one or some of those other devices OFF the your scanners will end up on other emulated USB/Serial ports and you will need to reconfigure the software for the new port assignments the scanners now reside on. This is a real pain in the butt if you're constantly moving things to different ports, connecting, disconnecting, turning them ON & OFF. I like the good old days when scanner used real RS232 serial ports and PC's had at least two serial ports or you added additional serial ports on a PCI card. I still have two real serial ports on my Dell Workstation and they're a joy to use!

Still on port 3 after shut down or restart, Proscan keeps saying in use by another program?

 

[iMONITOR]

Still on port 3 after shut down or restart, Proscan keeps saying in use by another program?

Are you possibly double clicking on ProScan and launching two sessions of ProScan?

 

[mandlair]

Are you possibly double clicking on ProScan and launching two sessions of ProScan?

Nope checked and rechecked and checked again!

 

[iMONITOR]

Nope checked and rechecked and checked again!

When you turn your scanner ON, after boot-up are you selecting "Serial Port" by pressing the "." key? Are you setting the COM port in ProScan?

 

[mandlair]

When you turn your scanner ON, after boot-up are you selecting "Serial Port" by pressing the "." key? Are you setting the COM port in ProScan?

Yes and yes.

 

[mandlair]

At this point, I would just like to know what the problem is, scanner, laptop, Software?

 

[iMONITOR]

Yes and yes.

Did you install the Uniden USB driver?

 

[mandlair]

Yes showing Uniden serial port com 3 in device manager? Which I think it worked on and off with the generic driver from microsoft?

 

[ProScan]

Did you taker my advise in #4740? Here it is again.

Google "how to find out if a program is using the serial port"
1st link that came up
Using Process Explorer to Find Programs using Serial Ports

 

[mandlair]

Hi Bob, Would you happen to know what exactly am I looking for?

 

[buddrousa]

Yes showing Uniden serial port com 3 in device manager? Which I think it worked on and off with the generic driver from microsoft?

No the Microsoft generic driver doesn't work for me I use the Uniden Driver downloaded directly from Uniden posted in links above

 

[mandlair]

Yes I have it! And Bob, usbview shows nothing else on my usb port besides uniden serial port.

 

[ProScan]

Yes I have it! And Bob, usbview shows nothing else on my usb port besides uniden serial port.

I don't mean what's on the USB port. I mean what software has the Uniden Serial Port opened.

 

[mandlair]

What should I being looking for alot of stuff sysinternals I don't see anything familiar ?

 

[ProScan]

What should I being looking for alot of stuff sysinternals I don't see anything familiar ?

I've never used it but just from looking at the screenshots it's like this. If that doesn't work then Google for another program.
Also notice the text below says use VCP for USB Serial Ports.

 

[mandlair]

The new version of Sysinternals totally different interface than the old one, but I finally found it was my car code reader I guess everytime I started or restarted my laptop it would page basically all my ports or whichever one it wanted! So I killed it and viola all done! thanks a million but I would recommend to everyone for there pc there is alot of things on there which everyone could use!

 

[Disk4mat]

During this fiasco I discovered a nice free tool to view all com ports and their assignment. Shows whats reserved, whats free and which ones are present (in use). Also allows you to clear ports.

Scroll half way down the page to: COM Name Arbiter Setter V0.9

Tools for Windows

www.uwe-sieber.de

Direct DL: https://www.uwe-sieber.de/files/com_name_arbiter_setter.zip
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@mandlair Glad you got it sorted out

 

[mandlair]

Thanks to all, That contributed to my fiasco! Now to next fiasco on sds100 thread...Stay tuned!