[TenTec] Omni VII - DXLab Commander, Bandspread, comm problem

[CSM(r) Gary Huber]

I have been experiencing the following problem with my OMNI VII only while using the PC's mousewheel to QSY the O7 while the mouse is on the Bandspread screen of Commander IV:

No matter what band or mode the radio is in, after 1 click or 100 clicks of the mouse wheel, the O7 QSYs to 54 MHz or in some cases 100 Hz (upper and lower frequency limits).

All other Commander functions (and those of the other DXLab Suite modules) operate the O7 as they should. 

Occasionally (infrequently) Bandspread and the mousewheel QSY of the O7 is absolutely unbreakable. When this is the case, if the O7 is turned off, the Bandspread is unresponsive (grays out) until the O7 is turned back on. 

MSComm32 is suspect, but I have no way of testing it. I believe this DLL may not be initiating properly for the 57600 data rate in Bandspread. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa259393(VS.60).aspx for details. 

Anyone else have the problem? Do you have a fix or work around?


Best regards,

CSM(r) Gary Huber - AB9M
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