Problem with ports

[AEMLL]

I am on a windows PC and struggling to open the counter simulation on Vbuddy. The problem I am facing is that the file vbuddy.cpp throws an error when executing the function vbdOpen(), but still says that it has established connection with the Vbuddy afterwards. The Vbuddy does NOT show the 7-seg counter or the header Lab 1 Counter, but the screen goes dark.

I also tried unplugging the vbuddy and running the simulation and it still gave me the same result. I'm not sure what is happening.

port_issue.txt

[pykc]

I assume that you have the port specified in the file: vbuddy.cfg. One common mistake is that there needs to be a CR LF at the end. That is, the text file must not only have one line. Add an empty line underneath the port name. See if it works.

[rahgun04]

The statement "** Connected to Vbuddy via:" is printed regardless of whether or not the computer can actually talk to the Vbuddy. It's just to tell the user that the serial port was successfully opened.
Try changing the line in vbuddy.cfg to /dev/ttyUSB0