Has anyone notice an intermittent fault with serial devices after applying
Patch B?
I have an Armada E500 and since installing Patch B, sometimes the serial
port doesn’t respond, I can open it but it doesn’t work. Rebooting fixes
the problem.
Instead of rebooting, have you tried to slay the driver then reload it?
When call waiting bumps my modem, I have to slay the driver and reload it
before it works properly again. There shouldn’t be much you need to
reboot in order to fix with RTP…
Has anyone notice an intermittent fault with serial devices after applying
Patch B?I have an Armada E500 and since installing Patch B, sometimes the serial
port doesn’t respond, I can open it but it doesn’t work. Rebooting fixes
the problem.
I’ll try it…
“Sir Charles” <nospam@chalz-of-internetusa.net> wrote in message
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Instead of rebooting, have you tried to slay the driver then reload it?
When call waiting bumps my modem, I have to slay the driver and reload it
before it works properly again. There shouldn’t be much you need to
reboot in order to fix with RTP…Has anyone notice an intermittent fault with serial devices after
applying
Patch B?I have an Armada E500 and since installing Patch B, sometimes the serial
port doesn’t respond, I can open it but it doesn’t work. Rebooting
fixes
the problem.
\
slaying devc-ser8250 and re-starting the driver solved the problem.
The problem now is our application will be embedded in a system that sits on
the sea-bed, we cannot have a system that sometimes works and sometimes
doesn’t !
Slaying the process and restarting will not be an option, how long will it
be before the core OS can be considered stable?
“Simon Platten” <simon.platten@brisco-eng.co.uk> wrote in message
news:9ed5r5$mn4$1@inn.qnx.com…
I’ll try it…
“Sir Charles” <> nospam@chalz-of-internetusa.net> > wrote in message
news:9ed0lt$ivr$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Instead of rebooting, have you tried to slay the driver then reload
it?
When call waiting bumps my modem, I have to slay the driver and reload
it
before it works properly again. There shouldn’t be much you need to
reboot in order to fix with RTP…Has anyone notice an intermittent fault with serial devices after
applying
Patch B?I have an Armada E500 and since installing Patch B, sometimes the
serial
port doesn’t respond, I can open it but it doesn’t work. Rebooting
fixes
the problem.
\
Simon…
Try doing that inside the start-up script, and when doing that, try
starting the driver in another console. You can have 4 consoles going
for example, and one of them just has the serial driver running in it. I
read somewhere that this may sometimes work.
Bests…
Miguel.
Simon Platten wrote:
slaying devc-ser8250 and re-starting the driver solved the problem.
The problem now is our application will be embedded in a system that sits on
the sea-bed, we cannot have a system that sometimes works and sometimes
doesn’t !Slaying the process and restarting will not be an option, how long will it
be before the core OS can be considered stable?
–
my opinions are mine, only mine, solely mine, and they are not related
in any possible way to the institution(s) in which I study and work.
Miguel Simon
Research Engineer
School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
University of Oklahoma
http://www.amerobotics.ou.edu/
Ouch!!! That is indeed a heavy problem! Uh, get new hardware? 
Not
the answer you wana hear; sorry, i’m tapped out. 
“Simon Platten” <simon.platten@brisco-eng.co.uk> wrote in message
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slaying devc-ser8250 and re-starting the driver solved the problem.
The problem now is our application will be embedded in a system that sits
on
the sea-bed, we cannot have a system that sometimes works and sometimes
doesn’t !Slaying the process and restarting will not be an option, how long will it
be before the core OS can be considered stable?
“Simon Platten” <> simon.platten@brisco-eng.co.uk> > wrote in message
news:9ed5r5$mn4$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I’ll try it…“Sir Charles” <> nospam@chalz-of-internetusa.net> > wrote in message
news:9ed0lt$ivr$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Instead of rebooting, have you tried to slay the driver then reload
it?
When call waiting bumps my modem, I have to slay the driver and reload
it
before it works properly again. There shouldn’t be much you need to
reboot in order to fix with RTP…Has anyone notice an intermittent fault with serial devices after
applying
Patch B?I have an Armada E500 and since installing Patch B, sometimes the
serial
port doesn’t respond, I can open it but it doesn’t work. Rebooting
fixes
the problem.
\
Simon Platten <simon.platten@brisco-eng.co.uk> wrote in message
news:9eb8i6$h18$1@inn.qnx.com…
Has anyone notice an intermittent fault with serial devices after applying
Patch B?I have an Armada E500 and since installing Patch B, sometimes the serial
port doesn’t respond, I can open it but it doesn’t work. Rebooting fixes
the problem.
I’m running QNX RTP Patch B and get the same problem when connected to the
internet for surfing etc.
Apps like voyager do not complain, they just sit there as if all is ok?
I have noticed that the /dev/ser2 (my modem port) goes missing and the only
way so far to get it back is to reboot.
However I am new to QNX (and any other *nix for that matter!) and there
might be other things I am not considering. Its a pain though in the middle
of a download!!
Mark
Unfortunately there is no indication from the system that a fault has
occurred other than I cannot transmit anything, the device opens with no
error.
Sometimes I have to slay the device driver in order to get it working. I’ll
try modifying the start-up script, the trouble is are there any guarantees
that the driver will work after being slayed and restarted?
So far I have found quite reliably that the driver works after restarting
it.
“Miguel Simon” <simon@ou.edu> wrote in message
news:3B0ABD7C.2362C2A7@ou.edu…
Simon…
Try doing that inside the start-up script, and when doing that, try
starting the driver in another console. You can have 4 consoles going
for example, and one of them just has the serial driver running in it. I
read somewhere that this may sometimes work.Bests…
Miguel.
Simon Platten wrote:slaying devc-ser8250 and re-starting the driver solved the problem.
The problem now is our application will be embedded in a system that
sits on
the sea-bed, we cannot have a system that sometimes works and sometimes
doesn’t !Slaying the process and restarting will not be an option, how long will
it
be before the core OS can be considered stable?
\
my opinions are mine, only mine, solely mine, and they are not related
in any possible way to the institution(s) in which I study and work.Miguel Simon
Research Engineer
School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
University of Oklahoma
http://www.amerobotics.ou.edu/