Tnx to Chuck, Bill, and Don Sachnoff for their suggestions. Wound up using the .cmd commands below to discover I had a bunch of unused USB port assignments left over from stuff I had thrown out. Deleted those. Also per Bill's suggestion, had to do the remove existing USB stuff and reboot to get some of the numbers back. Then go to Device Manager and look at existing USB callouts. Removed about ten of those no longer in use. After running com0com setup and renaming existing coms, I now have COM2 and COM8 and a bunch more available and working.
N1MM is still a challenge but the next contest is a long ways away. Again tnx to all for the great help. See you on PSK and RTTY. 73, Carl WCØV Chuck Hutton wrote: > Carl: > > Try this which I pasted from another list: > > Start, Run, type in "cmd" (without quotes), click on Ok. > A console window appears; type in: > - "set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1" and hit Enter key > - "start devmgmt.msc" and hit Enter key > The usual Device Management window will appear, from the top menu > choose "Show hidden devices" - at the moment I can't remember the > exact name of the menu header, but there are 4 or 5 of them, it will > be easy to find. > Now you can check who is using your COM11 and all other devices > created by windows and not in use: their icon will be > half-transparent. If the device currently using com11 allows it > (depends on the driver implementation) you'll be able to change the > default port to another spare port (even virtual). If you don't plan > to use that device any more, you can simply delete it with the Canc > (or Del on some keyboards) key. > > > Chuck > > > Message: 11 > Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:15:00 -0500 > From: Carl Vangsness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] resetting COM port assignments > To: flexradio <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > After battling thru computer issues for some time, and loading com0com > for virtual com ports (and removing Vcom), I finally have some digital > programs working with the SDR1000 and FA66. MixW, HRD and DM780 all work > both for receive and transmit. > > BUT due to a bunch of USB ports/hubs that have taken the assignments > from COM2 thru COM6, and having used COM7 thru COM16 with Vcom, I now > only have access to COM1 (a real serial port) and COM18 thru 29. > > Problem is other programs, MMTTY, N1MM, WinWarbler, aren't as > accomodating on com port assignments, only accepting up to COM8 or > COM16, which I seem to be locked out of. Any ideas on getting the unused > COM port assignments reset or brought back to life? > > Tnx for the help. > > 73, Carl WC0V > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
