[Dx4win] Com 1/ antenna rotator help Solved

[Les Kalmus]

Thanks to those who responded. The problem turned out to be a series of 
setup issues which are corrected. I can now control the rotor with 
DX4WIN and N1MM.

Les W2LK

Mike Rhodes wrote:
> Les,
>  Does your backup PC have a dial-up modem card in it? If so, the modem 
> may have grabbed the Com1 interrupt. Check in Device Manager to see 
> how your com ports show up. You might just try leaving the rotor 
> control hooked where it is and change to Com2(etc) in the program to 
> see if Com1 is now Com2 or whatever.
>
> Mike / W8DN
>
> Les Kalmus wrote:
>> I am having a problem with DX4WIN controlling my rotator. I made my 
>> backup PC my primary for radio.
>> On this PC I can't control the antenna rotator like I did on the 
>> other PC.
>> The rotator is on COM1 which I think is in use by something since I 
>> am having the same problem with N1MM.
>> All the DX4WIN settings are the same as they were on the other PC, etc.
>>
>> Can anyone tell me how I can determine what program is using COM1?
>> I also cannot connect to it with HyperTerminal which says it's in use.
>>
>> Is there software available which can figure it out or are there some 
>> tricks in the registry which will point to the culprit?
>>
>> Les W2LK
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