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Mother · 09-03-2003

Hi,

For your general information, there are problems with the mscomm32.ocx control, used in Visual Basic programs for serial port control, in which the serial port interrupts are not received by the control, thus not firing the data received event. This causes the application to become deaf to incoming data.

The devices that *can* be affected by this include, but are not limited to (snigger snigger, EULA-talk):

- USB-to-serial converters.
- Some low-cost PCMCIA adapters.
- USB so-called docking stations.
- Some virtual serial port software solutions, I've not tested them, so I can't tell you which.

So, if you can, always use either a "real" serial port or a good PCMCIA adapter (Socket or Quatech work really well).

Cheers,

Mother

09-03-2003	#8 (permalink)
Mother Too many secrets... Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Barcelona, Spain Posts: 204	Virtual ports, interrupts, and other malware Hi, For your general information, there are problems with the mscomm32.ocx control, used in Visual Basic programs for serial port control, in which the serial port interrupts are not received by the control, thus not firing the data received event. This causes the application to become deaf to incoming data. The devices that can be affected by this include, but are not limited to (snigger snigger, EULA-talk): - USB-to-serial converters. - Some low-cost PCMCIA adapters. - USB so-called docking stations. - Some virtual serial port software solutions, I've not tested them, so I can't tell you which. So, if you can, always use either a "real" serial port or a good PCMCIA adapter (Socket or Quatech work really well). Cheers, Mother __________________ Out of paper on drive C: tech.am