Interesting. I have the same problem except it is when I connect a USB
connector to one of the front USB ports. My UPS selection is NONE already.
Any ideas?
Tony - N2KI
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:writelog-
> bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Paul Caccamo, VA3PC
> Sent: March 23, 2005 07:21
> To: Bob Gates; writelog@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] PC Shuts Down w/ Serial Cable Connected
>
> The clue is that you had a UPS connected there.. I bet you that there is
> still an instance of
> the UPS shutdown software still looking at that serial port. I would
> uninstall the UPS software and then reinstall it (with maybe a newer
> version
> from the website) selecting only the USB port to monitor for shutdown
> messages.
> 73
> Paul, va3pc
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Gates" <regates@kingwoodcable.com>
> To: <writelog@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:18 AM
> Subject: [WriteLog] PC Shuts Down w/ Serial Cable Connected
>
>
> > HELP! While I have had an Extra Class ticket, but I feel like a novice.
> > Have
> > been QRT for 25 years and am just getting back into the hobby. I
> realized
> > how
> > far behind the times I was when I was asked to help out at a VE session
> > recently. I was looking over the Extra Class exam, and my first
reaction
> > was
> > Holy Crap! Over half the questions related to technologies that didn't
> > even
> > exist when I was last on the air. I still need to read up on how an
> > "earth
> > station" doesn't have to be on the earth.
> >
> > Anyway, I bought a Yaesu FT1000MP MARK-V to get back on the air
> and just
> > downloaded Writelog to, hopefully, use in the WPX test coming up. I
> have
> > a Dell
> > Pentium desktop running Win XP Home with SP2. Tons of memory.
> Video card
> > is a
> > Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum. I read up on the interface
> > requirements, and it appears that a standard 9 pin serial cable is all
> > that is
> > needed to connect the rig's CAT serial port to the PC's COM port. So I
> > went out
> > and bought one and installed it. I went into Writelog to configure the
> > port.
> > After checking COM1, selecting the rig and setting the baud rate, I
> > clicked
> > okay. Got an error message saying that COM1 was not available. A
> couple
> > of
> > minutes later the PC crashed. Not crashed, actually it initiated a shut
> > down,
> > saving settings etc, and turning off. I turned the power back on, got
> > the desk
> > top back up, but within a couple of minutes, the shutdown process
> began
> > again.
> > Went through this process several times. Disconnected the cable at
> the PC
> > and
> > started up with no problems. Checked the BIOS settings for the COM
> port
> > and it
> > was on AUTO. Changed it to COM1 (only other option was COM3).
> Went into
> > Printers/Faxes and set all the port settings per the Yaesu manual:
> > 4800,N,8,2.
> > Did all of this in every possible combination with the serial cable
> > connected
> > and not. Changed the BIOS back to AUTO when it didn't seem to
> make a
> > difference. Nine hours later I'm in the same boat. Whenever the serial
> > cable
> > is connected to the PC, it will shutdown after a couple of minutes.
> >
> > I know the COM port works because I used to have an older model
> APC UPS
> > controller hooked to it. Currently have a newer version that connects
> to
> > a USB
> > port.
> >
> > I'm at my wit's end, and I'm just getting started! I haven't even
gotten
> > to the
> > audio/keyer settings yet. Any suggestions would be most appreciated.
> >
> > 73, Bob W7BJ
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