Howto add Serial Ports (COM5, COM6)

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rokj

Hi.

I want to add COM5 and COM6 to WinXPe image, soo I've followed
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...c13fb4153b?lnk=gst&q=serial+port&rnum=3&fwc=2
but without success.

For the sake of simplicity I just added to msports.inf (in the
repository):
[c57] ; COM5, IRQ5, IRQ7, IRQ9
ConfigPriority=HARDRECONFIG
IOConfig=388-38f(3ff::)
IRQConfig=S:7

[c65] ; COM6, IRQ5, IRQ7, IRQ9
ConfigPriority=HARDRECONFIG
IOConfig=288-28f(3ff::)
IRQConfig=S:

I've deployed image, but I do not see additional ports in device
manager.

Anyone have an idea what am I doing wrong?

"Other" solution like adding ports after FBA or just after second boot
is acceptable also (using devcon) but I do not know how to use it
properly.

I am using it like:
devcon install msports.inf 123

.... and I get an error ("Installing drivers for XXX failed").

Any other "automatic" solution for adding COM5 and COM6 ports to image
or postinstall is acceptable also ...

Kind regards,

Rok
 
So where do you missing ports show up in device manager?

If you can work post FBA it should help you get to the bottom of the
problem. Probably the easiest initial test would be -

1. Rename file setupapi.log so it will create fresh.
2. Increase the setupapi.log log level (google for this).
3. "devcon remove =ports"
4. Reboot
5. Now check setupup.log for results of ports PnP enumeration and
installation.

From here you will need to make modifications to msports.inf and repeat
above process to drill down on the problem. You might also need to remove
the inf cache and any oem*.inf files that might prevent it from looking at
your modified copy of msports.inf.

Ciao
 
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