Re: OT - A winXP how can I

Bob Giddings wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 16:42:25 -0400, bill horne <redydog@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

Bob Giddings wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 15:26:12 -0400, bill horne <redydog@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

FTR, I'm trying one of the macro-making programs that Frank recommended. So far, I've been unable to make it open the tray icon, bring up the menu, and display the program controls - but once I manually do that, the macro takes over, closes and opens the port, and closes the window. Unfortunately, the harder part of this operation when I'm in Going down the Road Fast Mode is that manual part which the macro so far refuses to do for me.

One last suggestion, and I'm done. Have you tried assigning it
to a different port? You may have a either a physical or
software connection problem with that particular port that is
causing the problem in the first place.
No. The system assigns COM4 to the Belkin serial-to-USB adapter (which is used between the GPS and the laptop), and since this has happened on different laptops with different OS's - and even on one which had a RS-232 D9 serial port connector (and eliminated the need for the Belkin), I have assumed that this is not a 'port' problem.


This may be too obvious, but have you checked your device manager
while you are having the problem?

No - that's even harder to do at 78 mph than closing and reopening the port. Maybe one day when it happens, I'll whip off the Interstate into a WalMart parking lot and check it. Whoa. Hey. Maybe I can make a macro to fire up Device Manager.

Meanwhile, I've found in GpsGate a setting - Retry connection to input - that I can change from "On error" to "On timeout". Any straw in a storm, I always say.

--
bill
Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.
.

Relevant Pages

  • RE: redhat-list Digest, Vol 4, Issue 38
    ... Re: Iptables: port 22 open only for my IP ... Windows Services for Unix 3.5 ... It does absolutely nothing if you have a rampant application on your Windows box that opens a port to the outside world. ...
    (RedHat)
  • Re: Enabling telnet, ftp, pop3 for root...
    ... MASIVE security improvement over just having an open port sitting there. ... only OPENS THE PORT! ... While I could be wrong on that, it's the most likely scenerio with three possible levels of security: low, if you're only using a password, mediocre if you're using a key protected by a password, and relatively high if you're using a key that you are protecting with a complex passphrase and swapping out routinely. ... Point being, when there are already such networks on the Internet -- and not just in the United States -- with a wide range of ISPs, it's not at all outside the realm of possibility that somebody has a box that is listening to all the traffic on your node and analyzing it. ...
    (alt.os.linux)
  • Re: USB device detection via query registry information
    ... Similarly vendors need to be given a hard time if they fail to provide a driver compatible with a new Windows version for products released in the last 3 years or offered for sale in the last 12 months. ... it correctly enforces exclusivity to the port ... serenum and sermouse are out-of-the-box XP as far as I can ... serenum opens the port, detects the device, ...
    (microsoft.public.development.device.drivers)
  • Re: OT: Trend Micro WFBS beta starting soon
    ... Trend firewall, even set to High, has inbound NetBIOS ports open. ... default 3389 port, web browsing, email, etc. ... it opens inbound NetBIOS connections until the laptop is rebooted. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: USB device detection via query registry information
    ... it correctly enforces exclusivity to the port ... WHQL is realistically not going to be able to catch all bugs before shipment, so maybe the answer is for WHQL signing to require a commitment from the driver developer to participate in the BSOD crash dump program and issue timely bug fixes. ... Yes these things would not come free, but is it important to Microsoft to shed the reputation for Windows being crash-prone? ... serenum opens the port, detects the device, ...
    (microsoft.public.development.device.drivers)