Uh-Oh.........it is happening again today. Here is the spotread o/p: C:\calibration\Argyll_V1.0.2\bin>spotread -y c -D instType: About to init Serial I/O instType: Trying different baud rates (20000 msec to go) icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 7 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: About to open port 'COM1' icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 9 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 6 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 5 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 4 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 10 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 11 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 12 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 3 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 2 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 1 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 7 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 9 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 6 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 5 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 4 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 10 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 11 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 12 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 3 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 2 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 1 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 7 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 9 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 6 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 5 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 4 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 10 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 11 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 12 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 3 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 2 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 1 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 icoms: About to set port characteristics: Port = 1 Flow control = 1 Baud Rate = 7 Parity = 1 Stop bits = 1 Word length = 4 icoms: serial port characteristics set ok icoms: Write_Read called with ';D024^M^J' icoms: About to write ';D024^M^J' ICOM err 0x0 icoms: About to return read '' ICOM err 0x2000 icoms: Write_Read Write failed - returning 0x2000 instType: Failed to establish coms spotread: Warning - Unknown, inappropriate or no instrument detected Read Print Spot values, Version 1.0.2 Author: Graeme W. Gill, licensed under the GPL Version 3 usage: spotread [-options] [logfile] -v Verbose mode -s Print spectrum for each reading -S Plot spectrum for each reading -c listno Set communication port from the following list (default 1) 1 = 'COM1' 2 = 'COM3' -t Use transmission measurement mode -d Use display measurement mode (absolute results) -db Use display white brightness relative measurement mode -dw Use display white relative measurement mode -e Use emissive measurement mode (absolute results) -a Use ambient measurement mode (absolute results) -y c|l Display type (if emissive), c = CRT, l = LCD -i illum Choose illuminant for print/transparency spectral data: A, D50 (def.), D65, F5, F8, F10 or file.sp -o observ Choose CIE Observer for spectral data: 1931_2 (def), 1964_10, S&B 1955_2, shaw, J&V 1978_2 (Choose FWA during operation) -f filter Set filter configuration (if aplicable): n None p Polarising filter 6 D65 u U.V. Cut -F extrafilterfile Apply extra filter compensation file -x Display Yxy instead of Lab -T Display correlated color temperatures -N Disable auto calibration of instrument -H Start in high resolution spectrum mode (if available) -W n|h|x Ovride serial port flow control: n = none, h = HW, x = Xon /Xoff -D [level] Print debug diagnostics to stderr logfile Optional file to save reading results as text C:\calibration\Argyll_V1.0.2\bin> Regards, Rajiv Mehra ----- Original Message ---- From: Graeme Gill <graeme@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 10:46:35 PM Subject: [argyllcms] Re: Multiple issues with Argyll, please help Rajiv Mehra wrote: > here is the spotread output for a totally dark screen (a tiny command prompt > window was there). > Thanks! > Result is XYZ: 0.000031 0.000017 0.000048, D50 Lab: 0.000155 0.000602 >-0.000640 It all seems to be working as expected. You need to capture the debugging output when there is a problem. Graeme Gill.