In addition to what I just wrote in reply to Lukas' email: Jon wrote: > Are you sure that the port is not in use? PortMon is always my first > troubleshooting tool. >
If I shut down my software and used the software supplied by the hardware manufacturer (ie the software to talk to the thing at the end of the serial cable, not from the USB-serial device manufacturer) it connected fine and showed the connnection in portmon. If I shut that down and switched to my software it failed. The manufacturer's software is a simple terminal app, it doesn't stay resident or install any services that hold the port open (in any case, had it done so portmon would not have been able to connect to the port either). There was definitely something odd going on but it seems to have passed now. > Did you know that you can change the COM port? Here is how to do it in > Windows XP: > I did know, but thanks anyway. My application will need 5 ports (only one connected so far) so setting them all in the 1-4 range wouldn't be an option, what I really needed was confirmation (of the obvious) that it should work just specifying "COM5", and it does today. We'll see what tomorrow brings :-) -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0845 45 89 555 Registered in England (0456 0902) at 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ synalist-public mailing list synalist-public@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/synalist-public
