[time-nuts] Oncore VP problem
Rick Hambly (W2GPS)
w2gps at cnssys.com
Sat Jul 21 17:44:02 UTC 2007
Nigel,
Your computer may be sensing the serial data stream and declaring it to be a
mouse. This is a generic problem having nothing to do with Tac32 but it and
the solution are in the CNS Clock II and Tac32 manual available where you
got the software.
P.S., I am in the UK at the AMSAT-UK conference.
Rick
W2GPS
AMSAT LM2232
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In a message dated 19/07/2007 02:44:42 GMT Daylight Time,
tom.k3io at gmail.com
writes:
My suggestion is that you pick up a free evaluation copy of Rick
Hambly's TAC32 software at http://cnssys.com/cnsclock/Tac32Software.html
. TAC32 knows all the quirks & options that ever existed in a Motorola
receiver, going all the way back to the Rev.3 PVT6. Then if you find it
useful, a legal copy can be purchased from Rick, or at members discount
from TAPR (http://www.tapr.org/gps_tac32.html).
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Hi Tom
Many thanks for the suggestion.
You may have seen my subsequent post in which I commented that I had tried
TAC32 without solving my problem, only to find the kit was working ok but
with
an incorrectly labelled connector.
TAC32 does look useful though so I'll check it over more thoroughly later.
One "interesting" side effect......
Some time after shutting down TAC32 last night, but with the Oncore still
connected to the serial port and outputting data, my PS2 connected mouse
started
misbehaving, with the pointer jumping all over the place then settling down
for a while before repeating the performance.
It didn't occur to me at first that the incoming serial data might have
anything to do with it until it started again this morning and I eventually
stopped it by disconnecting the serial lead from the receiver.
Whilst I can't say for sure that running TAC32 was what caused it, it's not
something I've ever seen in the past nor previously this past few days
after
running WinOncore.
I'll check later to see if the port shut down properly and also take a look
at the Oncore message stream, perhaps TAC32 may have changed something
there
as part of its auto setup routine?
regards
Nigel
GM8PZR
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