As I set before - your bad solution is a good one (the easiest) should not affect your project, I did not suspect your board. It is look like there is a separate driver for your board and separate drIver for serial monitor.
As I set before - your bad solution is a good one (the easiest) should not affect your project, I did not suspect your board. It is look like there is a separate driver for your board and separate drIver for serial monitor.