[PCR-1000] PCRPRO1K

[mikea]

On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 10:39:03AM +0200, Nico de Jong wrote:
> Hi ebverybody
> 
> I had to change some controllers in my PC (net, vga) and now PCRPRO1K doesnt initialize anymore.
> I'm using NT 4.0 and a PGA card. 
> According to Joblist, the job is running. I can also see it on NT's status bar, bot only Minimize and Move are present.
> It seems to do something, as when I start it for the second time, I get a message saying that my COM port is active already (COM1)
> 
> I used to get a click in the PCR1000, but not now. Obviously, the program is not talking to the PCR1000
> 
> Any ideas ? As I see no screen, I'm most inclined to believe some conflict or problem related to the AGP card

It is _very_ much more likely that you have another program 
running which has "grabbed" COM1. Get a tasklist up (typically
involves Control-Alt-Delete) and see if there's anything there
that looks like a "communications" program. As an alternative,
look at all the running programs in your taskbar, and check the
configuration of each one. 

Also look in the Device Manager or equivalent (inside the Control
Panel), under "Hardware", and view "Resources by Connection". You
want to see the "Interrupt Request (IRQ)" display. If your COM1
doesn't show up there, then there's a problem and you need to 
find out why. COM1 typically uses IRQ 4, and COM2 uses IRQ 3.

Good hunting.

-- 
Mike Andrews
mikea@mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin since 1964