[Elecraft] Runaway Serial Port

[Parker Buckley]

Don,

I plan to do exactly as you suggest.  It was fun getting the Edgeport 
working, but I don't think it's good for running the Rigblaster.  I posed 
the question to a friend at work who is much more computer literate than I 
and got the following suggestion: "Looks like you have to edit the registry 
to stop Plug and play from constantly enumerating the serial ports. 
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;283063 has the gory 
details."  I checked the website and read some pretty scary stuff for 
someone with my level of expertise.  Thanks for emailing.

Parker WD8JOL




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "W3FPR - Don Wilhelm" <w3fpr at earthlink.net>
To: "Parker Buckley" <pbuckley at woh.rr.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Runaway Serial Port


> Parker,
>
> I can't offer a cure, but I would suggest you do 2 things - first put the 
> rigblaster on a non-USB converter Serial port and make certain the 
> rigblaster is not active during computer boot cycles.  Secondly, you 
> should ba able to use the Edgeport/4 for connection to the transceivers 
> (logging apps and software rig control only) since these programs - if 
> properly written - should 'ride through' any such 'cycling' that WinDoze 
> may do at the USB/serial ports.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Parker Buckley" <pbuckley at woh.rr.com>
> To: <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 7:09 AM
> Subject: [Elecraft] Runaway Serial Port
>
>
> Used to be, when I started my Win98 computer, my Rigblaster would cycle 
> once for a couple of seconds, requiring that I be careful not to transmit 
> inadvertantly.  When I upgraded to XP, I noticed the Rigblaster cycles 5 
> or 6 times in rapid succession during boot-up.  Yesterday, I installed an 
> Edgeport 4 so I can run the Rigblaster and my KIO2 from a common USB port. 
> Now it's gotten worse.  The Rigblaster will sometimes cycle 5 or 6 times 
> during normal Windows operation, like clicking on a feature in Powerpoint, 
> clicking to enlarge a view in Explorer, etc.  It seems to be a random 
> event, in that it is not repeatable.  Tonight, I'll put the Rigblaster 
> back on the serial port to see if that calms things down.  Longer term, 
> I'd like to solve this as I have at least one more serial port application 
> I'd like to set up.  Any ideas?
>
> Parker K2 #2636
> WD8JOL
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