Re: [Dx4win] How to identify serial ports on new computer?
They will show up in the control panel and the port number can be changed there to any other unused number so you can probably with a little fiddling around get them all in sequence without skips. i.e. COM1,2,3,4 in a row. If you have ever done this sort of thing in W98 you will come to like XP real quick. 73 Stan, N3HS -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Larry Alkoff Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 11:27 AM To: DX4WIN Reflector Subject: [Dx4win] How to identify serial ports on new computer? My trusty old Windows 98SE computer was destroyed by lightning. I have pressed into service a reliable Windows XP Pro computer. Since it only has 1 serial port, I installed a CyberPro PCI 4S which contains 4 serial ports, 2 on a PCI board and 2 more on a bracket that plugs into the PCI card. The additional ports are labled serial 8 through 11. How can I identify the extra serial ports so I can assign them in DX4Win to rig control, Rigblaster and MMTTY? I really don't want to plug serial ports in willy-nilly because I fear breaking something. I have a break-out box and may try jumpering serial pins 2 and 3 to see if any lights blink but I'm hoping for another method. Please help, _ really need Glorioso! Larry Alkoff N2LA __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] How to identify serial ports on new computer?
Thanks very much for your most interesting post Pete. Indeed I had a bunch of devices including duplicates of the CyberPro PCI 4S 4 port serial board. Apparently I made an error when installing the board. One good thing is I found a second serial header on the motherboard. However I still have not gotten CAT to work. I'm going to swap in my spare Mark V - perhaps the CAT port is bad. I'll make a note of that clever devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 line. It will probably come in handy in the future. Jim thanks for the heads up on the many more com ports in DX4Win v8. It would have saved me a lot of trouble but when I saw the business of requiring Admin mode to install (and run?) and placing DX4W in the root directory (both big nonos for me) I lost interest. Also I'm running out of time to learn and convert data for DX4W 8. Larry Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: Following was just posted on the N1MM reflector - I think it is relevant to this query: This may be the situation where the low-numbered COM ports are being reserved bydevices that are no longer present. Here's a replay of W5OV's e-mail for checking and correcting that: And for those who want to clear out those low number ports that don't need to be cluttering up your Device Manager listing anymore, you can follow this process: 1. Click Start 2. Click Run 3. Type cmd.exe in the textbox and click OK 4. Type set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 and hit ENTER 5. Type cd\windows\system32 and hit ENTER 6. Type start devmgmt.msc and hit ENTER 7. When the device manager opens, click the View menu 8. Click Show Hidden Devices 9. Click on the + sign next to the Ports to see the full list of Com ports being used. 10. Highlight the port you wish to delete and then press delete. Accept when asked to do so and continue with any more that you wish to delete. 73, Pete N4ZR New Articles Daily - the Contesting Compendium at http://wiki.contesting.com The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net On 9/17/2009 1:53 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Larry Alkofflabrad...@mindspring.com wrote: When I viewed the com ports it showed 1,2,3 then 8,9,10,11. Ports 2 and 3 do not exist but apparently something was once assigned to them. They may be on your motherboard, with no access (cabling) to the bulkhead. DX4Win only goes to 8 so I changed the port number in DX4Win to 8 and it started keying. DX4WIN 8.0x supports up to 32 COM ports. __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] How to identify serial ports on new computer?
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Larry Alkoff labrad...@mindspring.com wrote: Jim thanks for the heads up on the many more com ports in DX4Win v8. It would have saved me a lot of trouble but when I saw the business of requiring Admin mode to install (and run?) and placing DX4W in the root directory (both big nonos for me) I lost interest. The same issue exists for DX4WIN 7.0x and the Vista/Windows 7 operating systems. The change in V8 is that by default, DX4WIN installs at the root (i.e. C:\DX4W802) instead of in the Program Files directory. Vista/Windows 7 do some strange things when data is in the Program Files hierarchy. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] How to identify serial ports on new computer?
Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Larry Alkoff labrad...@mindspring.com wrote: Jim thanks for the heads up on the many more com ports in DX4Win v8. It would have saved me a lot of trouble but when I saw the business of requiring Admin mode to install (and run?) and placing DX4W in the root directory (both big nonos for me) I lost interest. The same issue exists for DX4WIN 7.0x and the Vista/Windows 7 operating systems. The change in V8 is that by default, DX4WIN installs at the root (i.e. C:\DX4W802) instead of in the Program Files directory. Vista/Windows 7 do some strange things when data is in the Program Files hierarchy. 73 - Jim AD1C Hi Jim. Like so many others I'm going to keep running Windows XP as long as I can. After that I'll probably just find some kind of Linux solution. Larry __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] How to identify serial ports on new computer?
Please don't mind me chiming in here... but Installing the executables in the Program Files directory is fine... but it is a bad choice for data... always has been! You don't have to install in root. But there is absolutely no problem in doing so. It is only installing one directory in root... and the limitations on the number of files in the root directory disappeared long long ago. There is no technical reason for it to be a nono. What I have done here is create a Programs directory and install most of my ham stuff there ie C:\Programs\DX... putting all the ham stuff under one directory is tidier and I don't have to worry about write restrictions on the Program Files hierarchy. Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Larry Alkoff labrad...@mindspring.com wrote: Jim thanks for the heads up on the many more com ports in DX4Win v8. It would have saved me a lot of trouble but when I saw the business of requiring Admin mode to install (and run?) and placing DX4W in the root directory (both big nonos for me) I lost interest. The same issue exists for DX4WIN 7.0x and the Vista/Windows 7 operating systems. The change in V8 is that by default, DX4WIN installs at the root (i.e. C:\DX4W802) instead of in the Program Files directory. Vista/Windows 7 do some strange things when data is in the Program Files hierarchy. 73 - Jim AD1C __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
