Hi
I have been struggling with this for a few days without success and was wondering if someone can provide some guidance.? I have had a good troll around the previous posts but have not found any that give me a clue to what the problem is.
I am trying to use the QDX on a laptop for portable use.? I have had it working on a desktop so am reasonably happy that the QDX is working correctly though it took a few attempts to get it operational on the desktop.? Mostly changing the USB ports that it
was connecting to.? I was able to upgrade the QDX firmware to the latest version and also use PuTTY to look at all the new screens that Hans has added in the latest version of the firmware.
I am using an ASUS ZenBook14 with a NOV8 TECH? 13 device HUB.? The QDX is connected to one of the USB3 ports on the hub which has a USBC connection to the ZenBook.
The problem on the laptop seems to be that when a first attempt is made to open the COM port using WSJT-X (latest version installed) that the port gets locked up or is maybe blocked in some fashion.? Any further attempts just get rejected and I get the following
error message:
Hamlib error: 1:rig.c(1409):rig_close returning(-1) Invalid parameter
?
1:rig.c(817):rig_open entered
rig_settings_get_path: path=.hamlib_settings
rig_settings_load_all: settings_file (.hamlib_settings): No such file or directory
rig_open: cwd=C:\WSJT\wsjtx
rig_open: C:\WSJT\wsjtx/hamlib_settings does not exist
rig_open: async_data_enable=0, async_data_supported=0
serial_open: COM5
serial_open(229): open failed#1
serial_open(229): open failed#2
serial_open(229): open failed#3
serial_open(229): open failed#4
serial_open: Unable to open COM5 - No such file or directory
port_open: serial_open(COM5) status=-6, err=No such file or directory
rig_open: rs->comm_state==0?=0
1:rig.c(1023):rig_open returning(-6) IO error
?
IO error
IO error
while opening connection to rig
?
Timestamp: 2023-02-09T05:03:40.626Z
In Device Manager I have made visible all of the hidden COM Ports and deleted all of these and then switched on the QDX which comes up with a COM port number.? Switching on the QDX brings up USB Serial Device (COM5) as the active port.? Using PuTTY and selecting
Serial and COM5 and clicking the Open button gives the following popup:
<dummyfile.0.part>
I assume that this indicates that the port is locked??
Trying to run WSJT-X gives a Rig Control Error as follows:
Hamlib error: rig_token_lookup called for no_xchg
rig_confparam_lookup called for no_xchg
1:rig.c(817):rig_open entered
rig_settings_get_path: path=.hamlib_settings
rig_settings_load_all: settings_file (.hamlib_settings): No such file or directory
rig_open: cwd=C:\WSJT\wsjtx
rig_open: C:\WSJT\wsjtx/hamlib_settings does not exist
rig_open: async_data_enable=0, async_data_supported=0
serial_open: COM5
serial_open(229): open failed#1
serial_open(229): open failed#2
serial_open(229): open failed#3
serial_open(229): open failed#4
serial_open: Unable to open COM5 - No such file or directory
port_open: serial_open(COM5) status=-6, err=No such file or directory
rig_open: rs->comm_state==0?=0
1:rig.c(1023):rig_open returning(-6) IO error
?
IO error
IO error
while opening connection to rig
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Timestamp: 2023-02-09T05:23:03.879Z
Does anyone have an idea of what may be causing this problem?
Any help or suggestions as to what to try would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Greg VK4GRM
