B4R Question Issues using b4R on parella desktop connecting to arduino

[alvinmb]

When I try and connect to a device ( Uno or 8266 based device) plugged into my USB port on Windows 7 running in a Parella desktop virtual machine on a Mac book Pro I never get an COM port displayed, so I cant connect to a device.
I can use the same device using the Arduino IDE on the same virtual machine and also running Arduino IDE native on the Mac. Any suggestions?

 

[Erel]

Which board are you using?

 

[alvinmb]

When I try and connect to a device ( Uno or 8266 based device) plugged into my USB port on Windows 7 running in a Parella desktop virtual machine on a Mac book Pro I never get an COM port displayed, so I cant connect to a device.
I can use the same device using the Arduino IDE on the same virtual machine and also running Arduino IDE native on the Mac. Any suggestions?

I have tried the arduino Uno and a wimos mini d1 d2.

 

[Erel]

You can try to hard-code the board's setting in the ini file.

For example:

BoardName=WeMos D1 R2 & mini
BoardArgs=esp8266:esp8266:d1_mini:CpuFrequency=80,FlashSize=4M3M,UploadSpeed=921600
SerialPort=COM47

The ini file path: C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Anywhere Software\B4R

Make these changes when the IDE is closed and don't open the boards selector afterward.

 

[alvinmb]

That did fix my problem.
Im now looking at why my USB ports appear to lock up, which could be the FTDi driver or a hardware problem with the boards.