[chirp_devel] [patch modified] doesn't recognize multiple comm ports in Win 7 - issue #2783

[Dan Smith]

> diff -r f8d7a8b1f4f5 -r 853c2aa66578 chirp/platform.py
> --- a/chirp/platform.py	Thu Oct 08 12:02:04 2015 +0300
> +++ b/chirp/platform.py	Sun Oct 11 10:50:10 2015 +0300
> @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
>  
>      ports = []
>      for i in range(1, 257):
> -        portname = "COM%i" % i
> +        portname = "\\\\.\\COM%i" % i
>          try:
>              mode = win32con.GENERIC_READ | win32con.GENERIC_WRITE
>              port = \
> @@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
>                                       win32con.OPEN_EXISTING,
>                                       0,
>                                       None)
> +            if portname.startswith("\\"):
> +                portname = portname[4:]

Won't this cause us to detect them, but then fail to open them? Or is
the failure just in the detection code above?

--Dan