Gary et all: I didn't mean to start a firestorm of messages about the start-up, but it sure got a lot of guys thinking. I run Win XP Home. All my interfacing, radio and CW is done via a microHAM micro KEYER. I'm afraid we can't blame Mr. Gates for this one. The operating system is returning an error code saying the the device isn't working. Doesn't matter if it is a native Serial port or a USB to Serial Port adaptor. It isn't working. So that leaves it to the error handling routine in the application. I have another contest logging program that displays a message, gives you a choice to continue or take action. If you continue without any action and later decide to turn the radio on, there is a function in a menu to re-initialize the radio interface.
In DXbase, I now turn the radio on, it powers the USB interface, then I bring up DXbase and then turn the radio off and continue to do what I intended to do. Interesting thing is that if I later turn the radio back on, DXbase picks it up and runs as if the radio was never turned off!!! de K2GN/Larry Message: 3 Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:39:37 -0900 From: "Gary Senesac AL9A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] start sequence To: "DXBase List" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Upon further review... I think Bill may be on to something here. As I've been reading the various threads on this I suddenly remembered I upgraded(?) my operating system from Win ME to Win XP a while back. I think the last time I saw an error message about being unable to start communication with the radio I was running Win ME. I use a PCMCIA dual serial slot card in my laptop for the radio interface. Perhaps there is some difference in the way Mr. Gates interrogates the serial card between the different operating systems? Or, as others have suggested, if the interface is via a USB port through a serial converter, rather than a true serial port, there may be other issues being introduced. No clear answer, just more food for thought. Gary AL9A
