[WriteLog] Possible Problem with 10.56C No Problem

[Steve AI9T]

Wayne & All

I have 3 different kinds of serial ports in my PC Homebrew/Intel Motherboard

Motherboard = serenum.sys & serial.sys     dll not listed
PCI 1 =  serenum.sys & cbserial.sys & cbPort.dll
PCI 2 =   serenum.sys & vss2k.sys & vss2kui.dll

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Steve AI9T

http://www.ai9t.com

QSL via LOTW and EQsL









Wayne, W5XD wrote:

>>So far four ops have reported having the "No Rig" problem, i.e. when
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>>tuning up or down the band, the program loses the rig, and it stays lost.
>>These were using FT-1000, TS850, and IC756's
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>I suspect if you redo your survey and ask this time what kind of COMM port
>your correspondents are running, you will find a little more commonality.
>10.56 introduced a change to work around a bug in a certain COMM port
>driver (from microHam) and has apparently found a bug in some other 
>hardware/driver combination. The change in WL is to notice the COMM port
>has quit sending characters and to reset it. It seems I must make WL 
>even more tolerant of buggy hardware.
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>To that end, I have posted the following:
>Instructions: 
>1. Download this: 
>http://www.writelog.com/Downloads/WL1056D_COMMPORT.zip
>2. With WriteLog not running, make a copy of the file WriteL32.exe in
>WL's \programs folder
>3. Unzip the download into WL's \programs folder.
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>WL will now say its running 10.56D
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>Wayne
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>P.S. In the "good old days" where all COMM port hardware was right on the
>motherboard, there was only one COMM port driver (which came from Microsoft)
>and it was nearly bug free. Now with USB drivers coming from all sorts
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>of manufacturers, there are many, many drivers out there, and each has
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>its own failures to comply with the WIN32 API, and we're having to work 
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>through those. 
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