[DogParkList] Odd issue with MLDX 5.03
Larry West
viggen at mac.com
Sun Mar 22 10:05:15 EDT 2009
On Mar 22, 2009, at 09:57, Don Agro wrote:
>
> On 22-Mar-09, at 9:50 AM, Larry West wrote:
>
>> MLDX 5.03 has been, by and large, working fine for me since I
>> upgraded a short time ago. But I have been seeing some odd "lockups".
>>
>> Essentially what happens is MLDX will be the foreground app, and
>> for no apparent reason, I get the "spinning beach ball of death",
>> and MLDX is largely unresponsive.
>
> I have seen that happen when the call sign server is slow but it
> recovers shortly or times out.
That could be it...
>
>
>> I can switch to other apps, and all seems to be working. I can even
>> switch back to MLDX, and the window comes to the foreground, but I
>> cannot do anything with it. Tuning the rig does not change the
>> frequency display in MLDX. Dis- and re- connecting the USB II from
>> the USB bus does not do anything.
>
> It will lock up the USB driver if you disconnect while MLDX is
> communicating over it.
I don't normally do this, but if it has been a while...
>> Sometimes MLDX will run for hours, sometimes, for only a brief
>> period before locking up. The closest thing I can come with as to a
>> cause is the lockup seems to mostly happen while I'm absent-
>> mindedly tuning the rig using the tuning knob on the rig. But I'm
>> not exactly 100% on that. Of course, it seems to only lock up when
>> I need to log a contact!
>
> You don't mention what rig, but if it is an Icom, try turning off
> Transceive mode in the radio menus.
IC-7000, and transcieve mode is off, and has been off.
Thanks, Don!
N2LJ
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