Dan Robinson
EF5
I've been living with these two Windows 7 issues for the past several seasons, identical problems on two consecutive laptops of different manufacture (HP and Lenovo). I'm hoping by chance that someone here found a quick solution and could pass it on. These problems seem to be related to Windows 7 not allowing software applications to save their own configuration files and/or talk to each other. I've tried suggestions like running the applications as Administrator to no avail.
1.) Different COM ports assigned every startup: Franson GPSGate assigns a different set of virtual COM ports every startup, and likewise StreetAtlas shows different COM ports in the settings drop-down. Sometimes, the StreetAtlas COM port list won't match any in the GPSGate list. For example, GPSGate might assign COM 2, 4, 6 and 8 and StreetAtlas has COM 3,5,7 and 10 in the available list. The next boot-up, the COM numbers in both places will be different. The result is some startups result in the GPS working, some don't. It's like it's not saving the COM settings, and just rolling the dice on the COM ports every time I boot the laptop up.
2.) GPSGate ports are not visible to all applications: ThreatNet (WxWorx) cannot see the virtual GPS ports that GPSGate sets. After extensive trial-and-error, I was able to fix the GPS problem by running ThreatNet in compatibility mode, but when I did that, ThreatNet would not recognize the receiver via USB and was not receiving any satellite data.
3.) Applications not saving settings: DeLorme StreetAtlas, for example, will not save display settings like map view zoom level and turning off "center on GPS". I have to re-set them every time I run StreetAtlas.
1.) Different COM ports assigned every startup: Franson GPSGate assigns a different set of virtual COM ports every startup, and likewise StreetAtlas shows different COM ports in the settings drop-down. Sometimes, the StreetAtlas COM port list won't match any in the GPSGate list. For example, GPSGate might assign COM 2, 4, 6 and 8 and StreetAtlas has COM 3,5,7 and 10 in the available list. The next boot-up, the COM numbers in both places will be different. The result is some startups result in the GPS working, some don't. It's like it's not saving the COM settings, and just rolling the dice on the COM ports every time I boot the laptop up.
2.) GPSGate ports are not visible to all applications: ThreatNet (WxWorx) cannot see the virtual GPS ports that GPSGate sets. After extensive trial-and-error, I was able to fix the GPS problem by running ThreatNet in compatibility mode, but when I did that, ThreatNet would not recognize the receiver via USB and was not receiving any satellite data.
3.) Applications not saving settings: DeLorme StreetAtlas, for example, will not save display settings like map view zoom level and turning off "center on GPS". I have to re-set them every time I run StreetAtlas.