EQMOD has stopped working - No idea why.

[swag72]

Last night EQMOD was working fine until the last minute when I was having COM port trouble, assigned it to COM 1 which it had used previously and the computer crashed, blue screen thingie.

Have worked on the port issue and thanks to you guys have all my ports available for use and COM1 was designated for EQMOD. I say was as it ow wo't work.

I have uninstalled the ASCOM platform and EQMOD and reinstalled them. My last message can be seen below. Whenever I try to get it to open the telescope in CdC I get a runtime error 55.

I am connecting via the handset and 232 serial adaptor and the handset is in PC direct mode.

I hope someone can help - What more can I do?

[chrisshillito]

Sara,

Error 55 is a file already open error. Could be a problem with EQMOD reading one of its ini files (perhaps it was open when the blue screen crash happened).

Use the toolbox application that installs with EMQOD to delete the emod.ini file. This will effectively reload defaults so you'll have to subsequently re do your site setup etc. Unistalling/reinstalling EQMOD doesn't wipe the ini file so if ever you want to get things back to a default state the easiest thing to do is use the toolbox to delete the files (new ones are automatically created). You can also backup/restore your ini file using the toolbox.

Chris

[swag72]

Where do I find the toolbox application Chris? Going through a System restore at the moment as I didn't know what else to do!

[themos]

Just get an EQDirect cable, Sara, and put away that handset.

[swag72]

I've ordered a cable and it's in the post, but I'm very impatient!!

@Chris - I've got the tool box open, but don't know where to look for the .ini file. Can you tell me which menu?

[chrisshillito]

Sara,

In the "configuration files" are select EQASCOM and General from the dropdowns (these are the defaults anyway) and then hit the delete button.

Video on the toolbox functions is here: EQASCOM: Toolbox - YouTube

Chris.

[swag72]

@Chris - If I am pressing the right button in toolbox (circled red) then I have another runtime error!

Cross post!! Will have a go now!

[swag72]

Chris you are Brilliant - Connects now - Thank you so much.

[chrisshillito]

No, that's the wrong button, delete is what you want. Still you've found a bug for me to fix - the toolbox isn't trapping the case where restore is initiated prior before backups have been!