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Protrack/Jumptrack/Computer Prob?

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I just picked up a ProTrack and the Jumptrack software and interface. I cannot download to the computer. I have entered the registration code, I connect the Protrack, the interface led glows "ready", I click on connect, Press "Set" while at the PC window on the Protrack....and nothing happens. I have set it to all 4 Com ports with no results.

The serial port works because I sync my Palm Pilot with it.

I'm thinking it is some sort of Windows thing..HP 2100 Omnibook, Win 98SE or the interface is nfg.

Any thoughts/ideas/experiences?
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Murray

"No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey

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Press "Set" while at the PC window on the Protrack....and nothing happens.



I have to get the software ready for recieve and then go into PC mode on my ProTrack to get it to recogize and download. It will usually fail unless I make the ProTrack itself the last step.
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Well, here is what I found out was going on....Thanks to Steffen at Larssen & Brusgaard...

The Serial port was "possessed" by my Palm Pilot Hot Sync Manager and unavailable to the Jumptrack interface. I took Hot Sync Manager out of my StartUp folder, rebooted...and voila! I was able to download.


The way that you can tell if the serial port is controlled/unavailable is if the Ready light is on BEFORE you click "Connect" in the program.

Here is the text of Steffen's e-mail to me that allowed me to solve this problem:

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Dear Murray Stevens

I'm sorry to read that you are having problems with the PC-Interface and Jump-Track. For me to better support you please reply to the following questions.

1. Is the red light on the rear of the PC-Interface off BEFORE you press the "Connect" button in Jump-Track?

(If the red light on the rear of the PC-Interface is on before you press connect, then another device driver is occupying the Com-port, and you need to remove this device driver when using the PC-Interface. I know that palm-pilots does this, and also some digital camera's.)

2. Does the red light on the rear of the PC-Interface turn on AFTER you press the "Connect" button in Jump-Track?

Regards

Steffen Kristensen
Larsen & Brusgaard
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Murray

"No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey

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