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I found in my installation a bodnar board with some problems. I disconnected it and the Port disconnections feels better. Now I deinstalled in the Hardware manager the 3.0 USB-Hubs. They are reinstalled by the system after a reboot. I flu now some times without port disconnections. Hope I found my solution. Will report here

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Il 23/3/2024 at 09:43, Vinc_Vega ha scritto:

@Strale

Have you tried another USB port?

Are other USB devices running at the new rig without problems?

Regards, Vinc 

Hi VInc,
with the help of Kieron i was eventualy able to make some stuff working using Skunkworks and connect-to-serial 
i have 
Com3 AN-ALR
Com4 Ecm-Brain (that connects several mip panels and lights)
Com5 IFEI
Com9 Cubesim UFC
Com10 the Psi indicator
Com11 the Left Side Consolle
I was able to connect IFEI, CUBESIM and LEFT SIDE CONSOLLE with no issue at all
AN-ALR i see the data flowing but it's unstable ... sometimes it works some other not ! 
Com4 and Com10 the data flow stop after 1 or two lines no matter if i close and launch again 
still same problem they stop receiving data from DCS.

Skunkworks latest version

I read that the "connect-to-serial" seems a little bit oddy read other guys having troubles but it seems nobody still found a solution.

Any Ideas ? 

 

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Il 23/3/2024 at 23:57, Heling ha scritto:

I found in my installation a bodnar board with some problems. I disconnected it and the Port disconnections feels better. Now I deinstalled in the Hardware manager the 3.0 USB-Hubs. They are reinstalled by the system after a reboot. I flu now some times without port disconnections. Hope I found my solution. Will report here

I don't have any bodnar boards connected, have on the MOBO 4 USB 3.1, 1 USB 3.2 and 2 USB 2.0 but they're not enough
so i'm also running a 7 port ORICO Usb 3.0 powered HUB where i connected all the hotas and track-ir
then a 12 port Orico USB 3.0 powered HUB where I connected teh AN/ALR and the PSI indicator.
Also tried a startech 7 port usb powered external hub but same results.

I ha to remove a 2 years Orico 5 port 3.0 usb pci-e board that was using a Via chipset that was probably conflicting and often showing the yellow triangle in device manager.

Will try to buy a brand new PCI-e board and trying if i can get rid of those external hubs ... even if the ECM Brain is giving troubles too and it's connected to the usb on the mainboard.

 

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I'm not sure that much of the common troubles are due to software, but rather hardware. For example I bought a USB-hub which I installed in series with an other usb-hub. The idea was to have shorter usb cables to a group of arduino boards. But the setup did never function flawless. Sometimes the communication did work some time after start up, but then suddenly one of the com-channels stopped. After I removed the second hub, and instead installed long usb cables (5 meters) from the first hub, the usb-serial communication is stable. I have no idea why the second hub did not function properly. It was a cheap none-name hub , but modern model specified for usb 2.0

I recommend you only use high quality usb hubs and cables. Even if they costs more.

 

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One of my problems: only one of the Arduino Mega boards has an additional power supply with 9 volts. I ordered three mor and try to power up all. Yes, my USB-Hubs are all with power supply, but I don't know the quality over the 10 connected devices...

Will report 😉

 

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Il 26/3/2024 at 17:24, Msiipola ha scritto:

I'm not sure that much of the common troubles are due to software, but rather hardware. For example I bought a USB-hub which I installed in series with an other usb-hub. The idea was to have shorter usb cables to a group of arduino boards. But the setup did never function flawless. Sometimes the communication did work some time after start up, but then suddenly one of the com-channels stopped. After I removed the second hub, and instead installed long usb cables (5 meters) from the first hub, the usb-serial communication is stable. I have no idea why the second hub did not function properly. It was a cheap none-name hub , but modern model specified for usb 2.0

I recommend you only use high quality usb hubs and cables. Even if they costs more.

 

Well i have 2 different USB Hubs, both ORICO and both powered. one is 7 port the other is 13 ports with supplier that can deliver 5Amp. 
so not thinking to an Hubs problem

 

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