Just been browsing around my AXEpad and if I click on 'View' > 'Options' > 'Port'
It shows COM 3.
And device Manager shows I have three ports available.
AXE027 PICAXE USB (COM 3)
Communications Port (COM 1)
ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
But there are 16 ports. The rest are flagged as 'Not Available'.
How do I make these ports available ?
It is an XP machine. that has six physical USB ports, one Serial Port and one Printer port.
Clicking 'Universal Serial Bus controllers gives...
AXE027 PICAXE USB
USB Mass Storage Device (actually a flash stick)
USB Root Hub
USB Root Hub
USB Root Hub
USB Root Hub
USB Root Hub
VIA Rev 5 or later UsB Universal Host Controller
VIA Rev 5 or later UsB Universal Host Controller
VIA Rev 5 or later UsB Universal Host Controller
VIA Rev 5 or later UsB Universal Host Controller
VIA USB Enhanced Host Controller.
Dave.