I have my XP laptop that has Step 7 installed, it is the laptop I use that has a serial port & PC slot for my 5512 card.
However, recently the 5512 does not show up in the PC/PC Interface list. According to the help it is Plug-N-Play, and should automatically appear when inserted.
It appears in Device Manager & shows as working properly. I have tried updating the driver, uninstalling it from Device Manager, repairing then uninstalling Step 7, all with no result.
I have searched the forum and found something for a newer Windows about renaming a ProgramData database folder to .OLD then starting Simatic Manager in admin mode - but XP does not have the ProgramData folder that database folder was shown in, and I haven't found where it would be in XP yet.
Does anyone know where this folder would be in XP? Or is there another procedure I should try here?
On the side - I did put my USB adapter in & it immediately showed in PG/PC interface and I am using it - but I would rather keep that with my Windows 7 laptop that has Step7 & TIA on it.
However, recently the 5512 does not show up in the PC/PC Interface list. According to the help it is Plug-N-Play, and should automatically appear when inserted.
It appears in Device Manager & shows as working properly. I have tried updating the driver, uninstalling it from Device Manager, repairing then uninstalling Step 7, all with no result.
I have searched the forum and found something for a newer Windows about renaming a ProgramData database folder to .OLD then starting Simatic Manager in admin mode - but XP does not have the ProgramData folder that database folder was shown in, and I haven't found where it would be in XP yet.
Does anyone know where this folder would be in XP? Or is there another procedure I should try here?
On the side - I did put my USB adapter in & it immediately showed in PG/PC interface and I am using it - but I would rather keep that with my Windows 7 laptop that has Step7 & TIA on it.