I have a FireBeetle 2 ESP32 S3 and a dfrobot terminal block for Firebeetle 2 (v1.0)

When I connect the ESP32 to the PC USB port, Windows recognises the serial device and assigns a port. If i put the ESP32 on the terminal block then attach the esp32 to the PC USB port, Windows reports that it cannot determine the device.

If i compile and upload a sketch such as blinking the LED when it's disconnected from the terminal block, then plug it into the terminal block and attach to the USB, it powers up and executes the code.

The same occurs with a different PC, different Firebeetle 2 and different terminal block (i have two of each). The PC is running Windows 11, the USB ports on the PC I have tried are USB-C V3.1, USB-A V3.0 and V2.0.

It seems like the data isn't operating when I connect to the terminal block, only the power, which makes the terminal block pretty useless.

Any ideas? Has anyone else encountered this problem, or know the solution?