Installation & upload problem with Arduino pro mini

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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Hi all,

I am new in Arduino working, so the start seems to be hard. I need some help.

I have a device Arduino pro mini (http://www.engineersgarage.com/electronic-components/arduino-pro-mini-pinout) and want to connect to PC USB port using an interface cable (PL2303X-M-CAB / PL2303 USB-TTL átalakító kábel (USB-Soros) - HESTORE - Elektronikai alkatrész kis- és nagykereskedelem). Unfortunately the arduino-1.6.8-windows program cannot upload any program to Arduino. The received error message is following.
Arduino: 1.6.8 (Windows 7), Board: "Arduino/Genuino Uno"
Sketch uses 1,104 bytes (3%) of program storage space. Maximum is 32,256 bytes.
Global variables use 11 bytes (0%) of dynamic memory, leaving 2,037 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2,048 bytes.
avrdude: ser_open(): can't open device "\.\COM1": The system cannot find the file specified.

The first problem is to attach the device to USB using the mentioned cable. It has a black and a red cable that corresponds to GND and Vcc. It has still a white and a green cable that is uncertain whether TXO or RXI is. I tried both variations without success. The USB cable has GND and Vcc lines and D+, D- differential data lines. Can somebody tell me how to connect the Arduino lines to USB lines in order to function fine?

Thank you for your answer in advance.

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You have to choose the correct...
Board (Tools -> Board -> Arduino Pro or Pro Mini)
Processor (Tools -> Processor -> ???)
COM-Port (Tools -> Port -> ???)

lg, couka

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You probably have a couple of problems.

First the IDE, 1.6.8 is kind of a problematic build. I would step back to 1.6.4 of 1.6.5 because they are more stable.

Second, the right COM port. You have to select which com port to use, by default COM1 is selected but this is rarely the right port.

Talking about ports, you probably need to install drivers for the cable. The link shows a PL2303X which can be a bit of pain in the ass to install. Try to install the driver and check if the device has no ! in device manager. If it has a ! check the error, if it's error 10 then you have to fiddle a bit with drivers. See: http://www.ifamilysoftware.com/news37.html

And last, the cable colors. Red and black are probably 5V and GND. But for White and Green for Tx and Rx you just have to try. But I see the able has no DTR broken out so you have to keep pushing the reset button until the IDE goes to uploading. Normally the DTR does the reset for you which is way easier. Had a DTR-less converter first but it already annoyed me after uploading twice...