:exclamation I have had my arduino for several months and have been wanting to get it running really bad. But every where I go, I run into more trouble.
When my new laptop came in, I was excited to get to programming my arduino. I've downloaded both Arduino 0018 and the correct drivers for Windows 7.
I went into the control panel, after installing the drivers
control panel>hardware and sound>devises and printers>FT232R USB UART
Under device functions it says both usb serial port and usb serial converter, but the drivers are only working for the converter.
Then when I run Arduino 0018 and attempt to upload a sketch (blink)
this error pops up at the bottom of theIDE
processing.app.SerialException: Serial port 'COM1' not found. Did you select the right one from the Tools > Serial Port menu?
at processing.app.Serial.(Serial.java:153)
at processing.app.Serial.(Serial.java:76)
at processing.app.debug.Uploader.flushSerialBuffer(Uploader.java:73)
at processing.app.debug.AvrdudeUploader.uploadViaBootloader(AvrdudeUploader.java:83)
at processing.app.debug.AvrdudeUploader.uploadUsingPreferences(AvrdudeUploader.java:55)
at processing.app.Sketch.upload(Sketch.java:1498)
at processing.app.Sketch.exportApplet(Sketch.java:1465)
at processing.app.Sketch.exportApplet(Sketch.java:1420)
at processing.app.Editor$46.run(Editor.java:2219)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
processing.app.debug.RunnerException: Serial port 'COM1' not found. Did you select the right one from the Tools > Serial Port menu?
at processing.app.debug.Uploader.flushSerialBuffer(Uploader.java:93)
at processing.app.debug.AvrdudeUploader.uploadViaBootloader(AvrdudeUploader.java:83)
at processing.app.debug.AvrdudeUploader.uploadUsingPreferences(AvrdudeUploader.java:55)
at processing.app.Sketch.upload(Sketch.java:1498)
at processing.app.Sketch.exportApplet(Sketch.java:1465)
at processing.app.Sketch.exportApplet(Sketch.java:1420)
at processing.app.Editor$46.run(Editor.java:2219)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
processing.app.debug.RunnerException: Serial port 'COM1' not found. Did you select the right one from the Tools > Serial Port menu?
at processing.app.debug.Uploader.flushSerialBuffer(Uploader.java:93)
at processing.app.debug.AvrdudeUploader.uploadViaBootloader(AvrdudeUploader.java:83)
at processing.app.debug.AvrdudeUploader.uploadUsingPreferences(AvrdudeUploader.java:55)
at processing.app.Sketch.upload(Sketch.java:1498)
at processing.app.Sketch.exportApplet(Sketch.java:1465)
at processing.app.Sketch.exportApplet(Sketch.java:1420)
at processing.app.Editor$46.run(Editor.java:2219)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Of coarse the first thing I do is open the tools bar, but with my luck for some reason the serial port button is "greyed out" and I can't click it!
Please help!