[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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