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1747-UIC driver installation problem

1747-UIC driver installation problem

1747-UIC driver installation problem

(OP)
I have been trying to set up RSVIEW32 to communicate via RSLINX with an SLC503 A-B controller through its DH485 port using a 1747-UIC adapter.  I managed to struggle through to make the connection on my laptop, but when I try to install the 1747-UIC drivers on the desktop PC that will eventually run RSVIEW32 permanently, the 1747-UIC drivers do not install properly and, consequently, the 1747-UIC device does not show up in the Device Manager.  The installation publication that came with the device describes a two-stage process for installing drivers for the 1747-UIC device and, immediately following, the for USB port itself.  That happened seamlessly on the laptop, but not on the desktop PC.  When I connect the USB cable to the PC, the "Found Hardware" popup text alternates between "Allen-Bradley 1747-UIC" and "FDTI Port" (or something similar involving "FDTI").  When the installation finishes (just one stage), the FDTI Port shows up in the device manager under "USB Controllers", but the 1747-UIC does not show up under "Ports".  Is there a way to install the required A-B drivers without going through the standard (semi) automatic Windows PnP process?  I do notice that the desktop PC's USB controller uses the VIA chipset, something I have had problems with in the past.  Could this be the problem?

Hoping for some help with this problem.  I'm dead in the water until I get it figured out.

RE: 1747-UIC driver installation problem

For the cost of it, have you tried using a third party USB card in the desktop machine? I can't help on the driver problem - mine just installed cleanly so I have never had cause to look into it further.
 
 

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RE: 1747-UIC driver installation problem

Hmm could be a VIA prob as surmised.  I take it you didn't have any virus checking SW running or Windoz 'anti-change' security stuff?

Both your laptop and the desktop are running XP correct?

Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.- http://www.flaminsystems.com

RE: 1747-UIC driver installation problem

You do have a few options:

1) Rockwell support (good luck!)
2) New install of Windows (use new hard disk so can go back where you were) - if it works then helps in elimination process if it doesn't helps with Rockwell support
3) USB Controller worth a go but even if it is that B drivers must suck (erm yeah..)
4) Can do HDD "ghosting" from laptop to desktop. Might work but system drivers will be a bitch.
5) Different desktop with different hardware?? Extra cost but you have an (admittedly remote) cost of going back to supplier "your stuff don't work with x"

RE: 1747-UIC driver installation problem

(OP)
Thanks to everybody who helped me out.  I still am not sure why my XP Pro system would not recognize the 1747-UIC drivers it needed to install.  There was indeed a SmartGuard driver previously installed, but neither updating it as instructed by the a-b publication referenced by Mickey52 nor uninstalling it helped out.  The only install I could get via the prescribed PnP method was for the FTDI USB driver.  In the end, after installing a 3rd party USB card, which also didn't help, I finally figured out how to manually install the missing driver (FTSER2K.SYS - which I had to deduce from the previous successful install on my laptop).  So I'm up and running.  Hassles like this have plagued me since I started using RSView32.  Drives me crazy.  

Thanks again.

wrwilde

RE: 1747-UIC driver installation problem

Be grateful you're using the 1747-UIC. The 1747-PIC was so much worse...

Thanks for letting us know how you fixed it once you did figure it out.
 

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