[WriteLog] PC Shuts Down w/ Serial Cable Connected

[Wolf, DL6JZ]

Hi Bob,

did the sut downs happen when the FT-1000 MKV was connect to the
computer?

In this case the shut down is related to the WriteLog message that COM1
is not available. This message appears if any other software is using
this port. This software may be started automatically in the
background. I would advise you to disconnect the rig, start the
computer a look for all running tasks/programs.

73 + 55
Wolf, DL6JZ


Bob Gates schrieb:
> HELP!  While I have had an Extra Class ticket, but I feel
> like a novice.  Have 
> been QRT for 25 years and am just getting back into the
> hobby.  I realized how 
> far behind the times I was when I was asked to help out
> at a VE session 
> recently.  I was looking over the Extra Class exam, and
> my first reaction was 
> Holy Crap!  Over half the questions related to
> technologies that didn't even 
> exist when I was last on the air.  I still need to read
> up on how an "earth 
> station" doesn't have to be on the earth.
> 
> Anyway, I bought a Yaesu FT1000MP MARK-V to get back on
> the air and just 
> downloaded Writelog to, hopefully, use in the WPX test
> coming up.  I have a Dell 
> Pentium desktop running Win XP Home with SP2.  Tons of
> memory.  Video card is a 
> Creative Soundblaster  Audigy 2 ZS Platinum.  I read up
> on the interface 
> requirements, and it appears that a standard 9 pin serial
> cable is all that is 
> needed to connect the rig's CAT serial port to the PC's
> COM port.  So I went out 
> and bought one and installed it.  I went into Writelog to
> configure the port. 
> After checking COM1, selecting the rig and setting the
> baud rate, I clicked 
> okay.  Got an error message saying that COM1 was not
> available.  A couple of 
> minutes later the PC crashed.  Not crashed, actually it
> initiated a shut down, 
> saving settings etc, and turning off.  I turned the power
> back  on, got the desk 
> top back up, but within a couple of minutes, the shutdown
> process began again. 
> Went through this process several times.  Disconnected
> the cable at the PC and 
> started up with no problems.  Checked the BIOS settings
> for the COM port and it 
> was on AUTO.  Changed it to COM1 (only other option was
> COM3).  Went into 
> Printers/Faxes and set all the port settings per the
> Yaesu manual:  4800,N,8,2. 
> Did all of this in every possible combination with the
> serial cable connected 
> and not.  Changed the BIOS back to AUTO when it didn't
> seem to make a 
> difference.  Nine hours later I'm in the same boat. 
> Whenever the serial cable 
> is connected to the PC, it will shutdown after a couple
> of minutes.
> 
> I know the COM port works because I used to have an older
> model APC UPS 
> controller hooked to it.  Currently have a newer version
> that connects to a USB 
> port.
> 
> I'm at my wit's end, and I'm just getting started!  I
> haven't even gotten to the 
> audio/keyer settings yet.  Any suggestions would be most
> appreciated.
> 
> 73, Bob W7BJ 
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