[LOGic] Com port locks up still

Wed Jan 16 20:15:32 EST 2008

There is an 87a users group on Yahoo Groups (a 9500 group too)... you 
should join. We are wandering a bit far off topic here ;-)
BTW, I didn't check with Icom USA yet... was hoping to find someone a 
bit closer (I'm on the East Coast)
James C. Hall, MD wrote:
> Mel:
>> Ah man, my 87A works extremely well. I did have some early troubles with
> static drain - occasionally, when starting, it would blow that little
> cylindrical fuse on the low voltage board. I finally just hard-wired the
> fuse and I haven't had trouble since. Alpha does have a program to upgrade
> your 87A to the new 9500 - pricey I'll bet. HI I'm not familiar with the
> Icom rigs except my 706Mk2G that I run mobile. Sounds as if the 781 has an
> internal PS. I'm surprised the US guys won't take a look. Can you wire in an
> external PS ?
>> 73, Jamie
> WB4YDL
>> -----Original Message-----
> From: logic-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:logic-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Mel Martin
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 6:14 PM
> To: LOGic is open to all radio amateurs for discussion of LOGic logging
> program
> Subject: Re: [LOGic] Com port locks up still
>> >defeats the purpose of the MK
>> Not completely... but it was just to confirm that it is a issue with the 
> USB COM port.
>> I'll have to get on... but things haven't been going so well here... 
> just before Christmas, the power supply in my IC781 died... and I've had 
> terrible service from Icom in Canada in the past... and none of the US 
> outfits wants to fix it... and yesterday my Alpha 87A started giving 
> problems... so I'm down to my barefoot 746Pro ;-)
>> James C. Hall, MD wrote:
>> Mel:
>>>> Non-USB serial port ? Surely you jest ! HI Actually, yes, I do but it
>> defeats the purpose of the MK. You were quite right about the USB response
>> time. It was set for standard with options for fast and very fast - I
> chose
>> fast. So far after an hour and a half, no problems with the com port
>> (virtual) holding. I just worked Easter Island on 20M CW and it worked
> just
>> fine. I'm going to just keep it on for the evening and dare it to burp !
> HI
>> 73, Jamie
>> WB4YDL
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: logic-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:logic-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>> On Behalf Of Mel Martin
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 5:51 PM
>> To: LOGic is open to all radio amateurs for discussion of LOGic logging
>> program
>> Subject: Re: [LOGic] Com port locks up still
>>>> I think Logic uses a commercial library for the serial communications...
>>>> I doubt Dennis wrote code from scratch... way too much trouble... OTOH, 
>> Logic has been around for a long time.<
>>>> Do you have a regular (Non-Usb) serial port on your machine?
>>>> James C. Hall, MD wrote:
>>> Mel:
>>>>>> I'll check on that but I already bounced it off of Joe Subich at
> microHAM.
>>> He felt like there was something screwy with the way Logic was handling
>> com
>>> ports. But I'll definitely look this over. On the Logic side, I did
>> decrease
>>> the polling interval from the default 2 seconds to 1 second. The AVG
>>> antivirus is now gone off the computer.
>>>>>> So far, so good. The com port still works. <fingers crossed>
>>>>>> 73, Jmaie
>>> WB4YDL
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