Windows 8.1, GHL Control Center freezing.

[FlyPenFly]

Getting extremely frustrated setting up my 6100HV.

Running Windows 8.1, installed the latest beta software. On plugging it, it's not a recognized device although it does show up as "Mitras6100" but not functional.

Try every which way to get it work. I have Com ports so it should work but doesn't.

Finally read somewhere that you can go to the Tools subfolder and install a Fuji USB emulation driver of some sort so I do that. Finally it appears normal in my device manager as USBVCOM

Now when I try to connect in GHL control center beta or non-beta, the program just freezes no matter how long I leave it on.

I've owned a Radion Pro, AI Hydra, etc. None have been such an astronomical pain to get working on a computer.

 

[FlyPenFly]

Fixed it.

You have to disable Windows 8.1 Driver signing authentication... ugh why can't GHL just have proper Windows drivers?

 

[Myka]

How do you disable driver signing authentication? I've been trying for an hour to get the driver to work on Windows 8.1. The Control Center works fine, but I can't get it to connect to the Mitras.

 

[billbunton]

Start up in advanced mode. The easiest way is to hold shift while you click on restart.

 

[Myka]

Thanks Bill, I will try that. I read about that, but it wasn't explained.

EDIT: Ok Bill, I think I need more information. If I hold down the shift key while restarting I come to a blue screen that has some options what I want to do. I choose "device setup". This takes me to a screen with many options...such as something like USBCD, USBHD, and USBCC or something like that...essentially about 6 options that start with USB. I have no idea what any of this means and when I click on these things nothing happens - that I can tell.

 

[billbunton]

I don't remember the exact phrasing, it was quite a while ago that I last did it. When you get to the options, you want to disable driver signing. Let's see, here's a web page that shows how to do it:
http://www.howtogeek.com/167723/how...8.1-so-that-you-can-install-unsigned-drivers/

 

[Antipodes]

Further to doing the disable driver thing.
I have found every time I do an update, it then wants me to do the driver again.
As you say whole process frustrating.