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JBlyth
Aquilotto
Australia
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 Posted - 01/01/2014 : 08:55:36
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Happy New Year to everyone!
I have just come to the east side of Australia for 6 weeks gliding at Corowa, and I have connected my Glider Guider in the normal way to my FLARM via the GG interface.
Last year it worked perfectly, but this year I am getting a LK8000 error that Comm Port 7 cannot be opened.
The GG Interface is connected directly to the OZ FLarm, and the parameters in LK8000 are set to Generic/Comm 7, 19200 baud, 8 bit. The FLARM display is working perfectly via the GG interface, and the GG is correctly charging via the interface too.
I can connect the GG to my laptop via a USB cable, so I don't think the physical port on the GG is damaged.
Does anyone have a program outside of LK8000 that I could you to check that Comm 7 is working correctly on my GliderGuider?
Any suggestions would be most welcome!
Many thanks
John |
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rmerigan
Falchetto
Australia
177 Posts |
Posted - 01/01/2014 : 10:22:12
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| You could load "putty" http://www.pocketputty.net/ on to the GG and set up a serial connection to see if any data is coming through on com 7. |
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JBlyth
Aquilotto
Australia
239 Posts |
Posted - 01/01/2014 : 11:10:23
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Great suggestion, I'll try it tomorrow.
Many thanks
John |
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gliderguider
Pulcino
United Kingdom
82 Posts |
Posted - 01/01/2014 : 12:26:55
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Hi John
I suspect that the port has been opened by some other application and not closed - so not available to LK. I suggest a Hard Reset.
Kind regards
Allan
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JBlyth
Aquilotto
Australia
239 Posts |
Posted - 01/01/2014 : 12:33:04
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Thanks Alan,
I think I might have done the long press on the power button, and a full shutdown, but I will definitely try it in the morning.
Thanks
John
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JBlyth
Aquilotto
Australia
239 Posts |
Posted - 01/01/2014 : 12:38:47
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Originally posted by JBlyth
Thanks Alan,
I think I might have done the long press on the power button, and a full shutdown, but I will definitely try it in the morning.
Or do you mean using the push button on the back of the GliderGuider?
Thanks
John
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gliderguider
Pulcino
United Kingdom
82 Posts |
Posted - 01/01/2014 : 12:48:29
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Originally posted by JBlyth
quote:
Originally posted by JBlyth
Thanks Alan,
I think I might have done the long press on the power button, and a full shutdown, but I will definitely try it in the morning.
Or do you mean using the push button on the back of the GliderGuider?
Thanks
John
You should ALWAYS power down via the Long Press and the Shut-Down Dialogue, but in this case I would suggest a Hard Reset - via the button accessible via the hole in the back of the case.
I have just responded to your e-mail, suggest we continue this there.
Kind regards
Allan
www.gliderguider.net
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davesalmon
Pterodattilo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/01/2014 : 13:09:53
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| Allan, just out of curiosity, what exactly does this reset do? On my old 4700 and others, a "soft" reset using the similar press, would just shutdown, usually if there was a problem, and start up again. A bit like shutting down and restarting a computer. A "hard" reset, usually involving other actions as well, would clear everything, including your programs, and take it back to factory defaults. |
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gliderguider
Pulcino
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/01/2014 : 13:49:32
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Originally posted by davesalmon
Allan, just out of curiosity, what exactly does this reset do? On my old 4700 and others, a "soft" reset using the similar press, would just shutdown, usually if there was a problem, and start up again. A bit like shutting down and restarting a computer. A "hard" reset, usually involving other actions as well, would clear everything, including your programs, and take it back to factory defaults.
In this case, it simply re-starts the OS including all COM Ports. Its not the same as a Factory Reset and you will not loose any programs.
Kind regards
Allan
www.gliderguider.net
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Comm Port 7 not Found?????