MKRFOX1200 COM / LPT ports issue

Official Hardware MKR Family MKR FOX 1200
1

Hello,

Is there anyone having problems with the comm port driver on windows 7 Entreprise for the MKRFOX1200 & IDE (1.8.5) & board installer (Arduino SAMD Boards 1.6.19) ?

The following drivers are installed (using use the "dpinst-amd64")

  • Adafruit Industries LLC (usbser) Ports (11/15/200 5.1.2600.0)
  • Arduino LLC () Arduino USB Driver (for SAMD ...)
  • Arduino LLC () Genuino USB Driver (for SAMD ...)

However when the MKRFOX1200 is plugged, the board doesn't appear under the COM / LPT ports.

Everything works fine with a different board (SODAQ Explorer) so there is no issue with the USB cable

2

I have realized that the orange LED (on top of the +5V PIN) is blinking when I move the connexion of the USB cable on the micro USB connector==> does-it mean the micro USB connector is damaged ?

3

It would appear that either the connector or cable is faulty.

I have had both issues here with USB nano connectors where the cable would work on one device but not another. A different cable was the easy fix.

Also had connectors on the device themselves go loose and not provide a complete connection.
Here it was on a YUN board and a small re-soldering job with a fine tip fixed that.

4

I sent back my MRK FOX 1200 and I have just received a new one which is working fine !! The Arduino MKR FOX 1200 is now well displayed on the Peripheric manager under "Ports (COM & LTP)"