[hpsdr] vista update

[Bill Tracey]

Ken - can you manually try running initozy11.bat from an 
administrator command prompt on the Vista box  and see if it is 
successful in that environment?

Regards,

Bill (kd5tfd)

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>To: "Bill Tracey" <bill at ewjt.com>
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>Subject: vista update
>Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:17:55 -0000
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>OK - so I installed .NET 1.1 in the new (Vista) machine and the 
>DttSP error message went away.
>
>But it still does not start up the Mercury
>
>What I did tonight was to init the OZY on the old computer then 
>switch to the new computer and PowerSDR works fine (8% CPU loading at 192 k !)
>
>So its the loader program that is not working.
>
>I double-checked that the file set in the Vista computer is the same 
>as the XP computer and that the device manager information about the 
>OZY loader is the same in both computers.
>
>here are the messages I typically get:
>================================================================
>C:\Program Files\MercuryFiles\Release>load_firmwareV1.1 0xfffe 
>0x0007 ozyfw-sdr1
>k.hex
>finding busses...
>finding devices...
>usb_get_busses...
>An error occurred: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
>
>C:\Program Files\MercuryFiles\Release>sleep 3000
>Sleeping: 3000
>
>C:\Program Files\MercuryFiles\Release>upload_FPGAV1.1 0xfffe 0x0007 
>Ozy_Janus.r
>bf
>finding busses...
>finding devices...
>usb_get_busses...
>An error occurred: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
>
>===============================================================
>PS - actually, sometimes the first part works, but the second one fails
>
>C:\Program Files\MercuryFiles\Release>load_firmwareV1.1 0xfffe 
>0x0007 ozyfw-sdr
>k.hex
>finding busses...
>finding devices...
>usb_get_busses...
>bus location: 0
>Checking for VID PID...
>Found VID PID: fffe 7
>Trying to open device...
>Device handle is: 9776424
>Resetting CPU...Reset ON...
>Result: True
>Opening intel hex file: ozyfw-sdr1k.hex
>Processed 740 lines...
>Result: True
>Taking CPU out of reset...
>Result: True
>Closing device...
>done...
>
>(followed by a failure of upload.....)
>
>is my computer too fast?
>
>Ken



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