Serial Monitor Stuck on connecting to "Esp32 DEV Module" on "COM 6"

Development Tools IDE 2.x
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Whenever I open the IDE its stuck on this.

Things I have tried:

  • Open and close IDE
  • Restart PC
  • delete files of the IDE
  • reinstall IDE
  • reconnect ESP32
  • change ports
  • press the restart button
  • change to different ESP32
  • change to ESP32-mini and board to ESP32C3 Dev module

the sketch is complied and successfully uploaded, the on board LED blinker code. the led blinks but the output on serial 115200 isnt showing because, the connecting is not going through.

however, the serial monitor connects and works fine on IDE 1.x.

2

While the IDE is spinning as it tries to handshake with an ESP32, and you remove the USB cable, do you get a system "disconnect" and "reconnect" chime, and does the Device Manager recognise the presence of the ESP, and then the USB removal?

3

There is only one possible port. It's the one that appears when you plug in the ESP32 and disappears again when you unplug it. If that doesn't happen, you may have a driver problem.