Seeeduino Stalker and FTDI cable

Using Arduino Installation & Troubleshooting
#1

I tried to program the

Seeeduino Stalker v2.3
http://www.seeedstudio.com/wiki/Seeeduino_Stalker_v2.3

with a FTDI TTL-232 cable

The cable connection I tried was:
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FTDI cable pin (goes to) STALKER pin
pin1 BLACK-GND goes to pin4 GND
pin2 BROWN not connected
pin3 RED-VCC goes to pin1 5v
pin4 ORANGE-TXD goes to pin2 RXD
pin5 YELLOW-RXD goes to pin3 TXD
pin6 GREEN-RTS goes to pin5 DTR

I used “Arduino Pro or Pro Mini (3.3V, 8MHz) w/ ATmega 328” as board type. But got this message:

Binary sketch size: 1,108 bytes (of a 30,720 byte maximum)
processing.app.SerialException: Serial port ‘COM17’ already in use. Try quiting any programs that may be using it.
at processing.app.Serial.(Serial.java:171)
at processing.app.Serial.(Serial.java:77)
at processing.app.debug.Uploader.flushSerialBuffer(Uploader.java:77)
at processing.app.debug.AvrdudeUploader.uploadViaBootloader(AvrdudeUploader.java:174)
at processing.app.debug.AvrdudeUploader.uploadUsingPreferences(AvrdudeUploader.java:67)
at processing.app.Sketch.upload(Sketch.java:1671)
at processing.app.Sketch.exportApplet(Sketch.java:1627)
at processing.app.Sketch.exportApplet(Sketch.java:1599)
at processing.app.Editor$DefaultExportHandler.run(Editor.java:2380)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
processing.app.debug.RunnerException: Serial port ‘COM17’ already in use. Try quiting any programs that may be using it.
at processing.app.debug.Uploader.flushSerialBuffer(Uploader.java:101)
at processing.app.debug.AvrdudeUploader.uploadViaBootloader(AvrdudeUploader.java:174)
at processing.app.debug.AvrdudeUploader.uploadUsingPreferences(AvrdudeUploader.java:67)
at processing.app.Sketch.upload(Sketch.java:1671)
at processing.app.Sketch.exportApplet(Sketch.java:1627)
at processing.app.Sketch.exportApplet(Sketch.java:1599)
at processing.app.Editor$DefaultExportHandler.run(Editor.java:2380)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

COM17 must be the right one, I updated the FTDI dirver also but nothing was helpful. Any ideas?

#2

It turns out that the FTDI adapter is also not working on other Arduino boards. I installed the latest FTDI driver, but nothing changed. Uninstalling and re-installing made also no difference. So I’m a bit lost what else to do …

#3

When you connect the FTDI adapter to the computer, does COM17 appear in Device Manager?

When you disconnect the FTDI adapter from the computer, does COM17 disappear from Device Manager?

#4

Yes, both happens. The port/device is showing up in the the device manager as well as in the Arduino IDE by plugging in and disappeards by removing.

#5

The most likely culprit is a PDA / mobile phone application.

#6

Wow, excellent! I will nominate you for the "truffle pig" of the month. :wink: Never thought about such stuff as cause. This was the reason, a SE mobile app. After uninstalling it all worked fine! Thanks a lot!

#7

You are welcome. I’m glad to know you have it working.

#8