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mlalena:

OK. So I plug in the Mini-PAC and get "USB Device not recognized". I figure I am missing drivers, so I take the voltage measurements. Looks like the documented pins #'s are correct - colors are wrong. On the Mini-PAC, Brown is +5V and Black is GND.

So now back to my "USB Device not recognized" issue. Looks like you aren't supposed to need drivers for the Mini-PAC. It uses standard windows drivers.

In the dialog, it shows the "USB Root Hub (2 ports)" is detected with "Unknown Device" and "Unused Port" shown under that.

Did some research and already tried:

* Let WinXP try to download new drivers - none found
* Unplugging, replugging in the driver - same/different port
* Uninstalling the driver, unplugging, plugging back it
* Tried the above with the harness unplugged
* Tried with no other USB devices connected - in case it was a power draw problem
* Tried it on another computer with no harness
Nothing has worked. No LEDs light up on the MiniPAC.

Both computers are Windows XP Pro 32 bit. Have used USB mice and keyboards with both computers previously.

The problem occurred before I checked the voltage, so I didn't short the board when I did that. Based on the input from "smalltownguy" the voltage worked on the first pins I checked.

Any ideas?

smalltownguy:

My guess is Windows probably attempted to install an incorrect driver on auto-detect, and now it's 'stuck' in the registry.

Send an email to Andy Warne, his email address is on the Ultimarc website. He's very good about getting back to requests, and very helpful. He'll be able to get you up and running.

http://www.ultimarc.com/

BobA:

Did you move the jumper to USB?   PS2 is the default setting.


mlalena:

I see jumpers on the pic on the web site, but my board doesn't have them.
Just a couple of resistors and diodes instead. Maybe this is a new version.

I will email Andy.

mlalena:

Final update: This was the wiring that ended up working (in case anyone doing a search finds this thread):

Spinner color Connection MiniPAC ColorBrown+5VoltsBrownYellowX1BlueGreenX2GreenWhiteGNDBlack


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