communication port issues

[jmartens]

Hi, I have several ATOM PICO Lite (grey) modules that when I connect them with an USB cable to my laptop, a COM port is shown in my WIN11 device list under Ports (COM & LTP).When I connect to the device in ESPHome, I can see the com port in the pop-up box and when I select the COM port I can establish a connection and install software on the PICO lite.

Problem:
I recently bought several new ATOM ECHO S3R.
When I plug these to my USB port, I dont see a COM port appearing in my Win11 Device list. As a result I can also not connect from ESPHome to the device.

I tried to install drivers from this site https://ftdichip.com/drivers/vcp-drivers/
but that did not help.

Any tips what I can do to communicate with my new ATOM S3R modules?

Thanks for tips!

Regards,
Jules