[time-nuts] Did my Tbolt die ?

[Bob Paddock]

On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 5:17 AM, Neville Michie <namichie at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have had problems with TBolts on PCs. The COM port assignments seem to be
> a bit volatile,
> plug in a different mouse or other user and you may find the COM port has
> been assigned to it.
> I have never been able to confidently cope with this problem, I just keep
> hacking the
> system and sooner or later I get the COM port right with the right settings
> and all is well.
> There seem to be up to 3 layers to get right.
> This may be because I use USB to serial converters or just be inherent to
> the later Windows OS.
> cheers, Neville Michie


If you drill down under the Advanced button in the Serial Port Control panel
area you can reset the Windows COM port for a single port.
If you know the port is not in use, ignore the message that tells you that
it is in use, when you change the port number.

You can also search the Windows registry for the "COM Port
Arbitrator". It is a 256 binary bit map of the assigned, and the
next to be assigned, COM port.  That is where you reset the ever
incrementing COM port number.


If you are using a USB converter and want it to stay put, do the
following.

This should work for non-FTDI devices, that have serial numbers, just match
the VID/PID.