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Read/Write Minitor VI issues
- Thread starter Gaulkeboy
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There is no programming mode for the Minitor 6.
If you’re having a communications error, it is most likely a Comm Port selection which you should be able to resolve in the setup of the PPS.
This are my settings. I forced it to use COM1 port it was on com11 port. In the advanced setting I turned both sliders down to 1 to se if that worked and it did not. I also have tried this base on another laptop and still the samething. I'm hoping that the base is not bad.
What's that little icon badge over the (real) COM1 port? I don't recall ever seeing that before. What is the status of that device?
You have a bit of a mess there, if you haven't noticed. The PPS config says 57.6k, your device manager tab says 9.6k, so you have incompatible configurations there.
Personally, if you're not using those other 3 COM ports (which I can't imagine you are), I'd disable them in the device manager so they are out of the way. Once you have no active builtin com ports, I'd plug the base in again and see if you can't get it correctly configured when it's the only thing going.
You have a bit of a mess there, if you haven't noticed. The PPS config says 57.6k, your device manager tab says 9.6k, so you have incompatible configurations there.
Personally, if you're not using those other 3 COM ports (which I can't imagine you are), I'd disable them in the device manager so they are out of the way. Once you have no active builtin com ports, I'd plug the base in again and see if you can't get it correctly configured when it's the only thing going.
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ConistonSafetyServices
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When I have consistent Minitor 6 issues, it's almost always gunk in the two little index pin holes, not the contacts themselves. They need to be cleaned out, otherwise the pager doesn't sit in the cradle properly.
I disabled the (real) COM 1 port that is what that icon is. I with try increasing the bit speed to match and see what that does.
Ah, you disabled it thru the OS. I always disable things like that thru the BIOS or hardware, that way the OS doesn't even see it. Windows can find ways to still F things up for you. I suppose if I did it thru the OS more often (than never) I would have known that, my bad.
If you really have 3 real COM ports, I'd disable them all and let the programmer be the only one until you get this sorted.
That's not how serial communication ports work. The port settings (speed, parity, flow control, etc) all need to match exactly. That means the software (which usually defers to the OS, but not in every case), the OS (in this case Windows) and the hardware (the radio/pager/recieving terminal, etc) all need to have the exact same settings or nothing works.
