Re: Commander Randomly Not Synching With Rig
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Serial port connections should not be expected to survive a sleep/wake cycle. ? ??????? 73, ? ????????????????? Dave, AA6YQ ?
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From: dxlab@... [mailto:dxlab@...]
Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2016 11:59 AM
To: dxlab@...
Subject: [dxlab] Commander Randomly Not Synching With Rig?
I only occasionally update Commander, as it has worked perfectly with my old Yaesu MP Field for many years.? Starting with version 12.0.8 I noticed that sometimes the RS232 ports would not synch up when turning the PC back on.? I rarely reboot the PC, but shut it down in "Sleep" mode when I leave the shack.? This has never been a problem in the past.
The recent problem would show randomly about one time in 4-10 wake up cycles.? This required either clicking the Reset button in the Commander Config window, or restarting Commander.? Clicking the Reset button would first pop up an error msg saying Port 5 not open, and showing all the port settings as blank.? Clicking the button a second time would reconnect the ports.? I updated to v. 12.0.12 and saw the same problem.
The next oldest version I had was 12.0.2.? I reverted to that and the problem, so far, has not shown up.? I will report back if I see any further occurrences.
I guess most people leave their PCs on continuously after booting up for the day, and thus would not see this.? I am in and out many times a day, and thus have always worked in Sleep/Wake mode.
FYI,
Jim, w5jaw
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