Re: warning regarding mss100

["Frank Mc Alinden" <fmcalind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Steve

> Not seen this with my VFD mss100 unit but not sure I have ever tried
to
> reconfigure the port details.  I'll check later.

Tried it on mine and the app closes and Com port redirector closes the port
..

Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: <steve.cooper@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_xpl] warning regarding mss100


>
>
> Not seen this with my VFD mss100 unit but not sure I have ever tried
to
> reconfigure the port details.  I'll check later.
>
> The mss100 port settings need to be set via the mss100 configuration
web
> pages so I can fully understand why when the app tries to reopen the
port
> with different setting that the app might hang.  Essential you will
have
> changed the app port setting but the mss100 with still be
communicating on
> the old basis.
>
> S.
>
>
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>                   "Tony Tofts"
>                   <tony@xplhal.
>                   com>
>
>                   01/12/2004
>                   09:25
>                   Please
>                   respond to
>                   ukha_xpl
>
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> Hi all,
>
> While looking at a problem for Frank it turn's out the lantronix
mss100
> doesnt like being closed and re-opened from visual basic.
>
> Although an application that uses an mss100 port open's ok, when you
try
to
> configure it the xpl app (based on xpl_devcom) closes and reopens the
com
> port regardless of whether the com port (or any of it's settings) has
> changed and the application totally hangs with a PC reboot seemingly
the
> only way to stop it.
>
> Although xpl_devcom (and app's based on it) can be changed to _not_
> close/open the com port if the com port number (or any settings)
hasn't
> been
> changed, this doesn't help when you _do_ want to change the com port
or
any
> of it's communication settings (if the app allows that)...
>
> Anyone got any thoughts/experience on/of this please?
>
> Thanks
> Tony
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