On Sat, May 1, 2010 03:58, Larry Gerhardstein wrote: Hi Larry,
Your patience is put to the test, don't give up we all run in to problems we can finally solve. > All, I feel like I'm no closer to a working sat station than I was one > month ago. I have two computers to run SatPC32 on. Both are DELL > Windows 7 Home Premium, one a desktop, the other a laptop. I have a > Keyspan 4-port USB to RS232 box with optical isolators from CommFront > connected to G-5500 and ICOM 910H interfaces. > > When I run SatPC32, I set up the COM ports and then enable R+ and C+. > The computer then controls the xcvr and the rotors. After clicking on R > and/or C a few times, or after clicking the transmit button on the ICOM, > the computer crashes... Blue Screen, screen of death. IRQ_LESS_OR_EQUAL > message. Both computers do the same thing. They crash after a short > while. The first thing that I would try, is to connect to a real RS232 interface and not via USB. Maybe it is possible to get a PCI card with two RS232 interfaces on it an put in the desktop. > Please reply on this BB (preferred) or to private email [email protected] > or call 406-826-7373. > > 73, Larry W7IN Goodluck Jan PE0SAT Maybe when the system crashed again, try to writedown the complete message and send it to me. _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
