[chirp_devel] [PATCH 0 of 1 ] Damned windows and it's "no com port"

[Jim Unroe]

On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Dan Smith <dsmith at danplanet.com> wrote:

> > I don't see where this does anything differently under my Windows 7 than
> > it did before you got started on this quest. If I unplug my programming
> > cable and then launch CHIRP, when I go to Radio => Download From Radio,
> > CHIRP still shows and lists the COM port that was available before the
> > cable was removed. If I continue, I do get a "could not open COMx:
> > [Error 2] The system could not find the file specified". Was this your
> goal?
>
> I think the only difference is if you're a "first run" case.
>
> Go move your chirp.config away from the normal place and re-run.
> Hopefully you end up with an empty dialog with this patch. Without it,
> you got no dialog at all, which confused people.
>
> Oh... I see!

I've read where others have tried to download from the radio but claimed
the menu didn't show up. I had no idea why. Now it makes sense. This is
definitely a good patch. Thanks Dan and Marco.

Jim KC9HI
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