I have read the linked document and the Quick Start Guide to a level close to mightmare.
I have installed Virtual VP (now 1.2.3)
I have installed the N8VB drivers
I have an VP USB datalogger (Envoy)
I use XP sp3
WeatherLink can get data from the datalogger on COM1
Virtual Weather Station can get data from the datalogger on COM1
When I run VVP with COM3 I get the reply: Specified comport does not exist
When I run VVP with COM1 I get:
the “Reading archive data”-window opens for a few seconds with the subtext “Determine current archive position” and a blue bar 4-5 mm long.
After some 15-20 seconds the program stops. The log contains a few occurrences of the 2 warnings:
VpConsole No response after several retries for Wake Up Console and
VpConsole No response after several retries for Get Live Sensor Data
According to the “VP Console Connection” a few commands and bytes are sent to VP, but none received.
Where can I find the toggle for USBExpress?
On a forum I have seen reference to a Silicon Labs CP210X USB to UART Bridge. Does it have any relevance to the connection to the datalogger?
What can I do to open the communication to the datalogger?
what shows in weather link for the type of connection to the data logger?
what shows in device manager?
do you have a Silicon Labs CP210X USB to UART Bridge driver with an allocated com port number?
sounds like you do, and that is set to com 1?
My WeatherLink (5.8.1) is set up with Communications Port = USB
My Device Manager shows LPT1 and COM1
As for CP210x: My WeatherLink folder has a file named “CP210xManufacturing.dll”. I cannot see any other references to the driver. There is no trace of it in the Device Manager