Trying the Spyder 2 on my new laptop I've also got another problem: it's not working. I've successfully extraced the driver with "spyd2en -v". I've also checked that "spotread -?" showed the device. But now a test with spotread gave the error message: Instrument initialisation failed with 'Communications failure' (Communications failure)! Or, to be more precise: "spotread -c 1 -v -N -D 9999" gave me: [...] spyd2: Load PLD 8 bytes Load PLD returns ICOM err 0x0 spyd2: Load PLD 8 bytes Load PLD returns ICOM err 0x0 spyd2: Get Status Get Status returns 0 ICOM err 0x0 spyd2: PLD pattern downloaded spyd2: Get Reading, clocks = 500, minfc = 0, maxfc = 0 Trigger Get Reading returns ICOM code 0x0 Get Reading Stat retry with ICOM err 0x100 Trigger Get Reading returns ICOM code 0x0 Get Reading Stat retry with ICOM err 0x100 Trigger Get Reading returns ICOM code 0x0 Get Reading Stat retry with ICOM err 0x100 Trigger Get Reading returns ICOM code 0x0 Get Reading Stat retry with ICOM err 0x100 Trigger Get Reading returns ICOM code 0x0 spyd2: Get Reading Stat failed with ICOM err 0x100 Instrument initialisation failed with 'Communications failure' (Communications failure)! icoms: delete called icoms: closing port usb_close_port() called usb port has been released and closed What should I do?!? Thanks, Christian