• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

Xport BSOD

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On a chase in Lexington, MO yesterday I was running Spotter Network, GRLevel3 and Delorme. To split my GPS I use Xport, haven't had any luck with other COM emulation software.

Has anybody encountered the BSOD? "driver irql not less or equal" "xport.sys".

I'm a computer tech, so go ahead and throw tech terms out, I'll catch on. ;) Just wasn't sure if this was a common problem and how to fix it..

Thanks in advance.
Kyle
 
Kyle,

"driver irql not less or equal"

Best guess that you have a another com port conflicting with the software Xport.

Both fighting over the same IRQ / port.

do you have any hardware comports? Do you have a modem or bluetooth enabled - what about an Infra Red port (are these still used).

Then there is the software com ports that USB's create.

Have you tried Franson GPSGate? - works well for me
 
System specs.
Gigabyte 775 Mobo
P4 3.0Ghz
512MB DDR2 800
80GB WD Sata
XP Home SP3

I do have hardware com, but don't use it. No modem, bluetooth or infared. I do however have mobile broadband and wifi, wifi is disabled while chasing though.
 
It wont be the WiFi - you can rule that out
Try disabling the hardware com port in the bios.

Regedit - HKLM / Hardware / Devicemap / serialcomm

look for clues there.

GOLDEN rule with USB GPS etc - always plug them into the exact same USB port EVERYTIME

Plugging it into another USB will cause it to be allocated a new comport number - this will mess up your port splitting etc.
 
Alright, I'll disable the com port.

The PC doesn't move, so the GPS is always on the same port. If it comes down to it, I'll go ahead and get GPSGate, I chased a minor storm in Lexington for this exact reason, to stress test everything. I need a bulletproof setup, and if it costs an extra $40, so be it.
 
FWIW, I tried xport and had BSODs. I didn't have any similar issues with the trial of GPS Gate.
 
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