No, that will have no effect on whether the laptop sees the AutoProm or not.
Have you set the Interface type to AutoProm/MAFTPro under the Data Acq./Emulation tab in tools > Preferences?
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No, that will have no effect on whether the laptop sees the AutoProm or not.
Have you set the Interface type to AutoProm/MAFTPro under the Data Acq./Emulation tab in tools > Preferences?
Have you installed the FTDI driver?