I had similar issue with a miner but never managed to use that port.
The USB port is not USB, its TTL and requires a USB to TTL serial transcoder but they were never able to provide me the correct pinout and specifications. If you go by trial and error you can burn the board.
Eventually I managed to get the miner running after series of reboots using the reset button and a lot of swearing and infamous treats

Thank you both. I also tried to get in touch with hyperbit, but they told me to take a hike