ProScan in VirtualBox - can't connect to scanner

[mcouture87]

I have a Uniden BCD996P2 scanner. I have a Linux machine so I setup VirtualBox and installed Windows 10 as a guest. I am able to see other USB devices within the Windows 10 guest like my webcam. However I cannot get ProScan to connect to the scanner. When I plug in the scanner to USB, I get the Windows notice that something was plugged in. I go into the USB settings in ProScan and I do an autoconnect and it shows COM5 available but it never communicates. If I go back into the USB settings, it will show "in use by this session" error....

Anybody get a Windows 10 Virtualbox guest to successfully run ProScan?

 

[a417]

what enumerates in the Device Manager (in Win10, that is) when you "get the windows notice something was plugged in"? Do you have all USB devices allowed thru by a filter, or are you enabling them individually?

 

[mcouture87]

I have tried no filter and now I have a filter set for the Uniden.

If I try to connect my USB webcam, once I select that device in the guest, it just works.


In Device Manager under "Ports", I see "Uniden Serial Port"

In the Events tab I see:

Device USB\VID_1965&PID_001A\5&18f54cb7&0&2 was migrated.

Last Device Instance Id: USB\VID_1965&PID_001A\5&18f54cb7&0&2
Class Guid: {4d36e978-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Location Path:
Migration Rank: 0x0
Present: false

 

[ka3aaa]

did you download and install the special driver that is required for the 996p2 and are you using the front usb port?

 

[mcouture87]

I do have the Uniden serial drivers installed and plugged into the front usb port....yes

I do have the VirtualBox Guest Additions installed too...

 

[lwvmobile]

Just ran into a similar issue getting any USB device detection in Windows 7 in Virtualbox. Make sure to add your user account to the vbox group. Not sure if its the same type of issue or not, but it might be worth checking.

sudo adduser $USER vboxusers​

That all being said, after I got USB detection up and working properly, I never could get Zadig to install the correct driver for me but I suspect that was more to do with the older version of Windows 7 that I had an ISO for. Anyways, just thought i would suggest this to see if it helps any or not.