[FTC]: [FTC]: HELP! Multiple fields set up!!!

[Dave Flowerday]

Originally Posted by galewind

I'm not sure this is the place for this post, but I'm in an absolute pickle. we're hosting an FTC scrimmage in our school tomorrow, and we have multiple fields. An individual field will work fine, but when I try to put a second field in, my USB to UART (CP210X) controller bombs out and neither device works.

Take a look in the device manager (Control Panel->System->Hardware->Device Manager, under "Ports") and make sure you see two instances of "Silicon Labs CP210x..." there. If you only see one, then unplug one of the field controllers and look at which COM port is listed for the controller which is still plugged in. After that, unplug that controller and plug in the other one and look at which COM port is shown. If they're the same, then that is the cause of the problem. Some of the field controllers at one point were shipped with identical serial numbers which means that Windows has no way of telling them apart when they're both plugged in.

Originally Posted by 1885.Blake

It sounds like you are trying to control both fields from a single computer. I have no idea if that is possible or desirable.

It is definitely possible and has been done at many events.