Empathy List Archives

RM

Richard Mogford

Sun, Oct 30, 2016 3:15 PM

I read that to change the COM port in Lady Heather, you type “/“ and then the COM port number, such as 3. So you enter “/3” to change to COM 3.

i tried this, but it does not seem to change the input COM port from 1 to 3.

I checked and the other settings (BPS, etc.) are the same between the two ports.

I am using an Edgeport serial to USB adapter. This has eight serial ports and connects to the PC via USB. Eight virtual ports are create in the Edgeport software.

Richard

I read that to change the COM port in Lady Heather, you type “/“ and then the COM port number, such as 3. So you enter “/3” to change to COM 3. i tried this, but it does not seem to change the input COM port from 1 to 3. I checked and the other settings (BPS, etc.) are the same between the two ports. I am using an Edgeport serial to USB adapter. This has eight serial ports and connects to the PC via USB. Eight virtual ports are create in the Edgeport software. Richard

AD

Alberto di Bene

Sun, Oct 30, 2016 8:57 PM

On 10/30/2016 4:15 PM, Richard Mogford wrote:

I read that to change the COM port in Lady Heather, you type “/“ and then the COM port number, such as 3. So you enter “/3” to change to COM 3.

i tried this, but it does not seem to change the input COM port from 1 to 3.

Maybe I am wrong, but, if memory serves, you can only choose between COM1 and COM2. Higher port numbers
are not accepted.

73 Alberto I2PHD

On 10/30/2016 4:15 PM, Richard Mogford wrote: > I read that to change the COM port in Lady Heather, you type “/“ and then the COM port number, such as 3. So you enter “/3” to change to COM 3. > > i tried this, but it does not seem to change the input COM port from 1 to 3. Maybe I am wrong, but, if memory serves, you can only choose between COM1 and COM2. Higher port numbers are not accepted. 73 Alberto I2PHD

KW

Ken Winterling

Sun, Oct 30, 2016 9:15 PM

Alberto,

If you want to always use COM3 you can edit the properties for the shortcut
you use to activate LH. That way just clicking on the LH icon will start
the program on the correct COM port. That is more convenient than using
the command line every time. Here is how to do this:

Right click on the Lady Heather icon. At the bottom of the list, click on
"Properties". You will see a number of tabs. Click on the "Shortcut"
tab. In the "Target" text box you should see "C:\Heather\heather.exe" if
you installed LH on the C: drive. If that is the case just add " /3" for
COM3, that is a space followed by /6, to the end of the line. It should
look like this: C:\Heather\heather.exe /3. Note that there is a space
between .exe and the "/". Click 'OK". Now when you click on the LH icon
it will use COM3.

Ken
WA2LBI

On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 4:57 PM, Alberto di Bene dibene@usa.net wrote:

On 10/30/2016 4:15 PM, Richard Mogford wrote:

I read that to change the COM port in Lady Heather, you type “/“ and then

the COM port number, such as 3. So you enter “/3” to change to COM 3.

i tried this, but it does not seem to change the input COM port from 1 to
3.

Maybe I am wrong, but, if memory serves, you can only choose between COM1
and COM2. Higher port numbers
are not accepted.

73 Alberto I2PHD

Alberto, If you want to always use COM3 you can edit the properties for the shortcut you use to activate LH. That way just clicking on the LH icon will start the program on the correct COM port. That is more convenient than using the command line every time. Here is how to do this: Right click on the Lady Heather icon. At the bottom of the list, click on "Properties". You will see a number of tabs. Click on the "Shortcut" tab. In the "Target" text box you should see "C:\Heather\heather.exe" if you installed LH on the C: drive. If that is the case just add " /3" for COM3, that is a space followed by /6, to the end of the line. It should look like this: C:\Heather\heather.exe /3. Note that there is a space between .exe and the "/". Click 'OK". Now when you click on the LH icon it will use COM3. Ken WA2LBI On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 4:57 PM, Alberto di Bene <dibene@usa.net> wrote: > On 10/30/2016 4:15 PM, Richard Mogford wrote: > > I read that to change the COM port in Lady Heather, you type “/“ and then >> the COM port number, such as 3. So you enter “/3” to change to COM 3. >> >> i tried this, but it does not seem to change the input COM port from 1 to >> 3. >> > > > Maybe I am wrong, but, if memory serves, you can only choose between COM1 > and COM2. Higher port numbers > are not accepted. > > 73 Alberto I2PHD >

AD

Alberto di Bene

Sun, Oct 30, 2016 9:30 PM

AD

Alberto di Bene

Sun, Oct 30, 2016 9:35 PM

On 10/30/2016 9:57 PM, Alberto di Bene wrote:

Maybe I am wrong, but, if memory serves, you can only choose between COM1 and COM2. Higher port numbers
are not accepted.

Well, I was definitely wrong... I looked at the readme.html document of LH, and it says, when describing the command
line arguments :

/# - use COM# instead of COM1 default (#=1..99)

So it looks like you can use a port number up to 99. And, as Ken WA2LBI just wrote, you can modify the desktop shortcut
used to start LH.

This is how mine looks like :

E:\Ham\GPS\Trimble\HeaterV3\heather.exe /2 /tm /vm /gb /gc meaning that my Thunderbolt is connected to COM2.

73 Alberto I2PHD

On 10/30/2016 9:57 PM, Alberto di Bene wrote: > Maybe I am wrong, but, if memory serves, you can only choose between COM1 and COM2. Higher port numbers > are not accepted. Well, I was definitely wrong... I looked at the readme.html document of LH, and it says, when describing the command line arguments : /# - use COM# instead of COM1 default (#=1..99) So it looks like you can use a port number up to 99. And, as Ken WA2LBI just wrote, you can modify the desktop shortcut used to start LH. This is how mine looks like : E:\Ham\GPS\Trimble\HeaterV3\heather.exe /2 /tm /vm /gb /gc meaning that my Thunderbolt is connected to COM2. 73 Alberto I2PHD

time-nuts@lists.febo.com

Change COM Port in Lady Heather