Need to downgrade to driver to be able to read from old log card

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Kieran_Litschel
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Need to downgrade to driver to be able to read from old log card

Post by Kieran_Litschel » January 3rd, 2022, 12:11 pm

Just writing this down in case anyone else encounters the same issue as me in the future. I had an old log card which I hadn't plugged into my computer since 2016. I plugged my Omnikey card reader into my Windows 10 machine, and the Concept 2 Utility could detect the reader but didn't seem to detect my card was plugged in. I got it to work by downgrading the driver to the earliest version, which was released on 1st April 2016, which you can find here:

https://www.hidglobal.com/drivers?field ... All&title=

After downgrading, the Concept2 Utility could read my card. I'm guessing this worked as the Concept 2 FAQs on card readers mention that Omnikey no longer supports how Concept2 write to the log cards, so I'm guessing the latest drivers (which WIndows automatically installs) have this problem:

https://www.concept2.com/service/softwa ... oesnt-work

Hope this helps someone else in the future! :)

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