EDACS3 COM Timeouts?

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Gents,

I have a question for you all:

Currently have both ProGrammer R18, and EDACS3 running on a Windows 95 laptop.

I am using a TQ3370 RIB, and the TQ3368 Programming cable, plugged into the serial port.

ProGrammer R18 can read my MRK II's fine (PK2HCX.)

It's configured to use COM1, and everything works great.
Sadly, I cannot get EDACS3 to communicate at all. I've ensured COMM1 is set in F3 - Utility -> F1 Port.

Does anyone happen to have any tricks they could recommend?
Perhaps I simply have a bad version of EDACS3?

I am hoping to use EDACS3 to freq shift these some to use on 2M.

Thank you in advance!

"PC- Timeout, radio not responding (60)"

 

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I posted pre-maturely, and have figured this out.
In the event anyone else encounters similar behavior:

Instead of launching EDACS3.EXE from Windows 95, I booted directly into DOS, and executed EDACS3.EXE from command line.
I am now communicating with my M-RK's just fine.

 

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As another follow up:

I was successful in getting my 150-174 M-RK II's on the 2M band thanks to a lot of the resources, tips and pointers that I aggregated from these forums.

A lot of your old posts were very helpful- thank you!