Hi In Windows, the icon on the desktop has a set of properties. One of those is the command that clicking the icon executes. Adding the appropriate com info there will get it headed to the correct port.
Bob > On Sep 24, 2016, at 1:30 PM, Chris Waldrup <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I downloaded the latest version 4.00 beta of lady Heather on my win XP > laptop. > Installation creates two icons on my desktop. One says KE5FX TBolt (Seattle > USA) and has the lady Heather icon and the other has the icon and simply says > Lady Heather. > When I try and open the Lady Heather icon (not TBolt one) an error box pops > up and says Can't open com port:\\.\COM1 and will not open the software. > Opening the TBolt version icon instead will open the program. > > What did I do wrong? > Also the RS422 adapter shows up as com6 and I see in the instructions to > change a command line to /6 for com6 but I am not sure where to find the > command line. > > Thank you. > > Chris > >> On Sep 14, 2016, at 00:05, Mark Sims <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Yes. The device supports a SCPI command set. The next version of Lady >> Heather supports it... well at least my modified Z3812A does. >> >> You probably don't need an RS422 converter. You can cobble an RS-232 >> connection into the RS-422 port. This usually works, but some hardware >> serial ports have voltage threshold issues reading data from the device (the >> RS-422 signals don't swing as much as the RS-232 ones do). All my >> USB-serial dongles work well, but I have had some issues with genuine >> hardware serial ports. >> >> ------------ >> >>> If I build or buy a 422 to 232 converter can I expect to be able to view >>> the unit's data output with something like Lady Heather or Tboltmon? Or at >>> least see an output with Hyperterminal? >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
