I have also had serial port problems on Windows 2000(SP1). I have lost
both the ability to debug a remote Palm device via the serial port
(using CodeWarrior R6) and to hotsync the palm device with the Palm
Desktop. Lost of hot syncing has caused me a great deal of grief and I
am one step away from over installing the OS to try to restore the
hotsync. No combination of uninstalling and reinstalling software,
checking the Windows registry and .ini files or reinstalling the older
version of the emulator has fixed the problem.
I am unsure about cause-and-effect as it was some five hours between
installing the emulator 3.07a and loss of the ability to hotsync. I do
not remember if I had rebooted at the time I lost the hotsync. I had
been successfully using the emulator 3.06a for some months.
When attempting to hotsync the Palm device, sometimes I get the 'hotsync
progress' dialog with the heading it is 'identifying the user'.
However, a user name never appears and nor am I prompted for a user for
synchronising the Palm device (after a hard-reset). The Palm device
always times-out.
Any suggestions are welcome.
Chris O.
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Lathrop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, 24 August 2000 12:07 AM
To: Palm Developer Forum
Subject: Re: Serial Problems with the new emulator
One more thing i noticed. After I open the 3.0a7 emulator, i can't get
the
3.0a6 emulator to use the serial port. If i restart the computer, reset
the
COM port in 3.0a6, the serial port still doesn't work. But if i try to
use
the 3.0a7, the serial port works. Either something between the two is
really messed up, or I have done something strange. Yesterday
afternoon,
the only one i could get to work was the 3.0a6, and now its the 3.0a7.
Right now, as long as one works, I'm good.
Andrew
Andrew Lathrop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:22008@palm-dev-forum...
>
> Sorry about the confusion. The problem was emulator related. I think i
> figured it out. For some reason all the COM port settings were reset and
> refused to stay as the COM port I needed to use. That was the first thing
I
> checked, and they were set to none. So i reset it to my proper COM port,
> COM 1. It still didn't work. I tried all the other COM ports, and they
> didn't work either. So i returned it to COM 1. But then I later went
back
> and checked the port setting, and it was again at none. This time i set
it
> COM 1, and it worked. So i'm guessing (The only thinig I can think of),
> when I installed the new emulator, it reset the COM settings to none. Why
> the settings didn't stay in is beyond my grasp. The same thing just
> happened again. I checked the 3.0a6 emulator, the settings were correct,
> COM 1. The then closed that one, and opened up 3.0a7. The setting there
> was COM 1. But when I close the 3.0a7 emulator, and open the 3.0a6
> emulator, the settings revert back to none.
> But I am using Win98, emulating a IIIe with 8mb using the 3.5dr4 en none
ez
> rom. I'm not seing anything, just I realized something was wrong when
> programs that work, and use the serial port, no longer worked. I
reproduce
> the problems by using 3.0a6, setting the com port, closing it. Open
3.0a7,
> check the com port (still the same) and close it. Open the 3.0a6 back up,
> and the com port returns to none.
> Maybe this always happens (Switching between emulators changes the COM
port
> to none), but it messed me up for a while. if you can reporduce it, or
tell
> me its supposed to happen, I will feel better knowing i didn't toast
another
> computer. Thanks
> Andrew
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:21969@palm-dev-forum...
> >
> >
> >
> > Andrew,
> >
> > I'm not clear on what kinds of problems you're having. Are they serial
> related?
> > Or are they debugger related. I'm not sure if you're talking about one
or
> the
> > other or both.
> >
> > Details (device being emulated, platform you're running on, overview of
> what
> > you're seeing) and instructions on how to reproduce problems would be
> helpful.
> >
> > -- Keith Rollin
> > -- Palm OS Emulator engineer
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Andrew Lathrop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 08/22/2000 08:19:10
> AM
> >
> > Please respond to "Palm Developer Forum"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > Sent by: "Andrew Lathrop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >
> > To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > cc: (Keith Rollin/US/PALM)
> > Subject: Serial Problems with the new emulator
> >
> >
> >
> > Has anyone else has problems using serial communications with the new
> > emulator? I have several programs that use serial communcations that
all
> > worked fine before i got version 3.0a7. Now they work randomly, but not
> > very often. They occasionally work when i first start up, but then not
> > after the the first few times debugging. I have tried to use the
earlier
> > versions i still have, 3.0a5 and 3.0a6, but they don't work either.
They
> > work before i use the new one, but once again, only for a short period
of
> > time. The only change i have made to my computer has been the new
> emulator.
> > It also appears to crash more often. I get many more Failed to connect
to
> > remote errors than i am used to. This happens even after closing
> > CodeWarrior, the Emulator, and even occasionally after a restart of the
> > computer. Anyone else seen this or have any ideas?
> > Thanks
> > Andrew
> >
> >
> >
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