Re: [AeroPac Members] GWiz USB Adaptor with Windows 7
Erik Ebert
For anyone else who is stuck, here is what worked for me. I basically
had to install the drivers manually and reboot a couple of times:
- Download the USB drivers for Windows Vista (32-bit or 64-bit,
depending on your computer) from the Gwiz website:
http://www.gwiz-partners.com/html/drivers.html
- Unzip the drivers into a folder.
- Power on the GWiz.
- Connect the USB adapter to the Gwiz
- Connect the USB adapter to the PC.
- Go to the Windows Device Manager (Right-click on Computer, Click
Properties, Click Device Manager.
- Right-click on "Other Devices->USB Adapter.
- Select "Update Driver Software.
- Select "Browse My Computer for Driver Software"
- Click "Browse", point it to the directory where you unzipped the
drivers, make sure "Include Subfolders" is checked, and click "Next"
- Give it a while to do its thing.
- Reboot.
- Repeat as necessary.
- Eventually "Gwiz USB Adapter (COMx)" showed up in the Device Manager
under "Ports (COM and LPT)".
- Launch the FlightView software.
- In FlightView, under Edit->Set Port, select the correct COMx that
was listed in the Device Manager.
- In FlightView, click File->Connect.
Hope this helps.
- Erik
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 5:19 AM, Thomas Kernes <tke...@buckwestern.com> wrote:
> I have not been able to get it to work and the last conversation I had
> with Rob didn't bear much fruit. That has been over a year ago. I just
> plug it in to my mac to get it to work.
>
> TK
>
> On 7/25/11 11:34 AM, "Erik Ebert" <eeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Has anybody had any luck connecting to a GWiz LCX from Windows 7?
>>
>>Seems to be a driver issue with their external USB serial interface.
>>In the Windows Device Manager, instead of showing up as a comm port I
>>see "Other Devices->G-Wiz USB Adaptor" with a yellow exclamation point
>>indicating a driver problem. No comm ports listed at all under Device
>>Manager. Usually a USB serial adaptor will show up as a comm port
>>once the drivers are happy.
>>
>>Flight View won't connect, and the only port it lists under Edit->Set
>>Port is Com3, which Device Manager doesn't list as a valid comm port
>>at all.
>>
>>I've tried all the usual stuff. Downloaded the latest FlightView,
>>uninstalled, reinstalled, rebooted, powered things up in different
>>orders, etc., several times, no joy.
>>
>>
>>Any suggestions? Anybody know where to download the correct driver?
>>Is there a magic sequence in which you need to connect things/power
>>things up?
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>> -- Erik
>>
>>
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