[roc-chat] Re: Osiris 3.9XL - Virtues of an Altacc...
- From: Allen H Farrington <allen.farrington@xxxxxx>
- To: "roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:28:24 -0700
None of this is an issue on my Mac, even when it's pretending to be a PC. :-)
Allen "Ducking For Cover" Farrington
Terseness and mis-spelling courtesy of my iPhone
On Oct 19, 2011, at 3:37 PM, David.P.Smith@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Most of the time that works, but a significant part of the time I can't
> change it without rebooting. Also it has not been persistent--I have to fix
> it every time...
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> David P Smith
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> From: David Erbas-White <derbas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Date: 10/19/2011 02:09 PM
> Subject: [roc-chat] Re: Osiris 3.9XL - Virtues of an Altacc...
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> On 10/19/2011 2:00 PM, David.P.Smith@xxxxxxx wrote:
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> With most (though not all) USB adapters, you can change the assigned COM port
> number. Go to Device Manager, then go to Ports. Click on the port of
> interest, go to Properties. On the first or second tab is an 'advanced'
> button, click that, and then you can change the assigned COM port number.
> You must then remove and re-insert the adapter into the USB port for this to
> take effect.
>
> David Erbas-White
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> I think this is a problem with all USB/RS232 adapters. I have tried every
> way I can find to assign a specific port to an adapter, without success. I
> try making sure I plug it in the same USB poert every time, I have tried
> designating it in the hardware manager; nothing seem to help.
>
> My netbook will even sometimes assign a strange setting, like com port 13 or
> 15, which some of my software can't access. Many program limit you to com
> ports 1 to 8. In these cases I have to reboot and try again. This is an
> issue with my Byonics APRS tracker, my Meade telescope, and my Perfectflite
> altimeter...
>
> One of these days the manufacturers of our toys are going to have to realize
> that computers haven't had a DB-9 serial connector for a while and start
> making stuff with native USB...
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