[TenTec] Omni VI+ to computer issue

[R. Eric Sluder via TenTec]

Well... I'm one of those crazy computer guys who's deals with computers all the time (albeit indirectly these days) and wished I knew half of what you know about RF Bob! Man I'd be smart!!!  So goes the world of technology that we live (and play) in.

73
Eric
W9WLW

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> On Jun 17, 2014, at 10:44 PM, "Bob McGraw - K4TAX" <RMcGraw at Blomand.net> wrote:
> 
> It is just one of those "computer things".
> 
> I'm setting up a computer, the software, the hardware and such in preparation for Field Day operations.  This will entail several differentsoftware applications being available, largely for individual operator preferences.  I've found when I choose one application and get things set up and the save and close the file and then open another and do the same, when I go back to the previous the parameters have changed. Grrrrr!   It is just one of those dang "computer things".
> 
> I'm glad I'm an "RF guy" because those "1"s and "0"s drive me crazy.   No comment on the crazy part.  I chalk it up the result of too much RF exposure to the brain.
> 
> 
> 73
> Bob, K4TAX
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Allen" <jim.allen at longhornband.net>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 8:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VI+ to computer issue
> 
> 
>> The other day I wrote in about the problem I was having with the Omni VI+,
>> taking the place of the Omni VI Opt. 3, with respect to interfacing with
>> the computer running Win-EQF.
>> 
>> It was working before and now I have been getting error messages about
>> opening a COM port for the TNC.  The specific gripe was that both the TNC
>> and the Omni VI+ could not be on COM3.  OK!  Neither did it work on COM1,
>> 2, 4, or 5!
>> 
>> Today, after spending some time with the manual for the Omni VI+ and the
>> Win-EQF software on my knee, I realized I don't HAVE a TNC so why is it
>> selected "ON?"
>> 
>> I selected "OFF" and no more error messages.  Why, or how, it got changed
>> is a mystery.
>> 
>> Never mind!
>> 
>> 73 de W6OGC  Jim Allen
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