[amsat-bb] Re: Better/best operating system for SatPC32?

[Erich Eichmann]

Hello Art,
The USB port of the IC-9100 is a built in USB-to-Serial adapter. If you 
disconnect the USB cable from the PC the COM port to/from which the 
program sends/receives data is no longer available. The link is 
interrupted. The same happens when you switch off the radio while the 
program is running. Therefore first close  the program. I have described 
that in the FAQs file (fig. 5o). Also, there is a patch file on my 
website (page Downloads) that traps the error.

The traditional CI-V jacket  of the IC-9100 for CAT control doesn't 
cause such problems but works
absolutely reliable. It must be connected to a physical COM port or an 
external USB-to-Serial adatper. Therefore switching  of the radio 
doesn't close the COM port and  interrupt  the serial connection.

73s, Erich, DK1TB




Am 18.05.2013 07:39, schrieb Art McBride:
> To ALL,
> I have used Sat PC for several years on XP, and Vista. It crashes on me if I
> disconnect the USB serial connection to the radio, otherwise it is a well
> behaved program. How the bios handles the USB ports is computer specific and
> could be the cause of the crashing.
>
> Art,
> KC6UQH
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org  [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
> Behalf Of Hector, CO6CBF
> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 9:56 AM
> To:amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Better/best operating system for SatPC32?
>
> Hello to all!
>
> I have an old desktop PC dedicated to ham radio ( 1 GHz Pentium CPU, 256 MB
> of RAM and Win XP). I have had SatPC32 running  24x7 since December and I
> have never had a SatPC32 crash.
>
> 73!
>
> Hector, CO6CBF
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org  [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] En nombre
> de Jim Jerzycke
> Enviado el: sábado, 18 de mayo de 2013 1:13
> Para:amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Asunto: [amsat-bb] Re: Better/best operating system for SatPC32?
>
> Same here.
>
> I've had it running on XP and Win 7 64-bit for WEEKS at a time and
> _never_ had a crash.
>
> Jim  KQ6EA
>
> On 05/18/2013 04:26 AM, George Henry wrote:
>> Interesting.  I have NEVER had a SatPC32 crash, under XP or Win7, and
>> I have left it running continuously for several days at a time.
>>
>>
>> George, KA3HSW
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lizeth Norman"
>> <normanlizeth at gmail.com>
>> To: "Philip Jenkins"<n4hf.philip at gmail.com>
>> Cc:<amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 10:55 PM
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Better/best operating system for SatPC32?
>>
>>
>>> None. Pick you poison. Satpc32 crashes using all operating systems. Good
>>> for an hour or so. Then you get an OLE FEHER error. Tried this over all
>>> operating systems (xp, win7, win8)
>>> Grab a pc from the kerb and load up xp. cheap and simple.
>>> As many problems as satpc32 has, it's far and away better than the
>>> competition.
>>>
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