[time-nuts] T-Bolt Mon and Windows 7
GandalfG8 at aol.com
GandalfG8 at aol.com
Mon Apr 22 13:04:11 EDT 2013
Hi Stephen
There's certainly no problem running Lady H under Win7, nor running
T-BoltMon as per the original question, but some users seem to be finding the
serial mouse problem to be more persistent under Win7 than it was in previous
versions.
It's not suggested that the usual fixes don't work, for example my
disabling of the serial ball point mouse has worked for me so far and I'm hoping
it's permanent just as it seems your disabling "serial enumerator" might have
been, but there's also a lot of reports online from users who found the
fixes to be permanent in earlier versions of Windows only to find with Win7
that they might only be temporary, either for a relatively short period
before reverting or even needing to be applied evry time Windows is booted.
It just seems to be a bit more hit and miss than it used to be and with
less of a one for all guaranteed answer.
Regards
Nigel
GM8PZR
In a message dated 22/04/2013 17:26:12 GMT Daylight Time,
stephen at tompsett.net writes:
I run T-Bolt mon and Lady Heather successfully on Windows-7 64-bit using
FDTI USB to serial converters.
With the FDTI USB converters you can disable 'Serial Enumerator' in the
advanced device properties to stop the port being assumed to be a mouse
by Windows.
On 21/04/2013 12:19, GandalfG8 at aol.com wrote:
> Hi Dick
>
> I've tried it via a Prolific USB to serial adapter, running as COM4,
and
> as far as I can tell, the answer is yes---ish:-)
>
> Both TboltMon version 2.60 and Trimble GPS monitor 1.60, seem to be ok
> monitoring a Thunderbolt under Win7 Ultimate 32 bit, until Windows pulls
its
> old trick and decides the data is coming from a serial mouse, in this
case a
> serial ballpoint mouse.
> Disabling the mouse restores operation, and I can once more switch
between
> the two Trimble programs ok, but online comments suggest that a
permanent
> fix for this problem, which has been around for years, seems to be far
more
> elusive under Win7 than with previous versions.
>
> Although I'm using a USB to serial converter, as this Win7 laptop has
no
> actual serial ports, previous experience with the WinXP rackmount kit I
> normally use, where I have fixed it permanently, suggests the problem
is just
> as likely to occur with "proper" serial ports.
>
> Just checked Lady Heather and she's also running fine under Win7 using
the
> same setup.
>
> Regards
>
> Nigel
> GM8PZR
>
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 21/04/2013 03:49:40 GMT Daylight Time,
> w1ksz at earthlink.net writes:
>
> Will T-Bolt Mon work in Windows 7 ?
>
> Thanks, Dick, W1KSZ
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