(meh, forgot to post the two first paragraphs before going to bed yesterday evening)
Alongside the log, please post the screenshot of the whole screen, containing the main window + the change device dialog + the terminal. TIA

Do you think someone could make a win8 compatible libusb using any of this information?
This information is unlikely to help.
Looking at your log (thanks

), I can see that at least, the calculator is detected:
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| tilp-INFO: Searching for link cables... ticables-INFO: Link cable probing: tilp-INFO: Opening cable null on port #1 to communicate with calculator none tilp-INFO: Searching for link cables... ticables-INFO: Link cable probing: tilp-INFO: Opening cable DirectLink on port #1 to communicate with calculator NSpire |