I've been meaning to query the group about this for some time but the latest
episode has finally prodded me into asking.
I have noted before that when I ran the utility program after closing it and
then trying to use my logging program, the log couldn't connect using the
serial port. Apparently the utility wasn't releasing the serial port after
having used it.
Windows Task Manager would not show that the utility was still running, but it
would take a reboot to fix the issue. Not only that, but Windows wouldn't shut
down normally because it thought the utility was still running and wasn't
responding. I would have to tell it to go ahead and close the utility.
Last night afte reading one of the threads on this reflector I decided to read
the release notes using the utility. The K3 wasn't even turned on and I
obviously didn't try to address it with the program. After reading the notes, I
closed the program, decided to go to bed, started the Windows shut down and
left the room.
This morning I came in and discovered that the computer was still up, didn't
think much of it until I tried to open the logging program and got the "I can't
connect to the radio" error. So even though I never used it, the utility
apparently captured the serial port and I had to go through the whole process
of manually shutting down Windows to get back to normal.
For the record, I'm running a Lenovo T400 with WinXP Pro SP3 and a Quatech
USB->Serial interface.
Anyone else have this problem?
Wes N7WS
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