Hi Folks,

    I have been running WUHU for quite some time with no issues. In December, we

got a new PC with an i7 processor and Windoze 7 64 bit. Since that time, I have

had issues where WUHU is running with no errors to the log but nothing is being

recorded in history or being sent to WU (or other places).

    When this happens, I can stop WUHU. I can close it. When I look in Win7 task

manager, the task is still there. I can not kill it. So, I reboot and all is

fine.

    I am running the latest. I had no problems like this on my XP machine. I am

using the recommended IOGEAR USB/Serial adapater. Any thoughts? I see some other

folks have hangs going on. If this is a repeat, I apologize, but I do need to

figure this out.



Larry

What type of weather station are you using?



--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "pdesstep" <pdesstep@...> wrote:

>

> Hi Folks,

>    I have been running WUHU for quite some time with no issues. In December,

we got a new PC with an i7 processor and Windoze 7 64 bit. Since that time, I

have had issues where WUHU is running with no errors to the log but nothing is

being recorded in history or being sent to WU (or other places).

>    When this happens, I can stop WUHU. I can close it. When I look in Win7

task manager, the task is still there. I can not kill it. So, I reboot and all

is fine.

>    I am running the latest. I had no problems like this on my XP machine. I am

using the recommended IOGEAR USB/Serial adapater. Any thoughts? I see some other

folks have hangs going on. If this is a repeat, I apologize, but I do need to

figure this out.

>

> Larry

>

Oh, sorry. It is a LaCrosse Technology WS2317U. I may have had some luck and

fixed it yesterday. I am not sure. What I did:



1) Install the non-critical Windows Updates (none looked exciting)

2) Stopped WIN7 from locking the screen every 5 minutes (turned it completely

off)

3) Gave WUHU a new history file. No real reason. The one I had

was a bit over 1 MB.

4) Turned off Liveupdate from Norton. I don't use any of their

products. Some came with the PC. I had noticed some parallels

in the event logs with the hangs and Live Update activity.



I will see how it goes. Any thoughts are welcome.



Larry

You might check with IOGear to see if they have an updated driver. Since Windows

7 is fairly new, you may see several updates to the driver as reports make their

way back to them.



--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "pdesstep" <pdesstep@...> wrote:

>

>

> Oh, sorry. It is a LaCrosse Technology WS2317U. I may have had some luck and

fixed it yesterday. I am not sure. What I did:

>

> 1) Install the non-critical Windows Updates (none looked exciting)

> 2) Stopped WIN7 from locking the screen every 5 minutes (turned it completely

off)

> 3) Gave WUHU a new history file. No real reason. The one I had

> was a bit over 1 MB.

> 4) Turned off Liveupdate from Norton. I don't use any of their

> products. Some came with the PC. I had noticed some parallels

> in the event logs with the hangs and Live Update activity.

>

> I will see how it goes. Any thoughts are welcome.

>

> Larry

>

Hi,

    Well I was not so lucky. I still get hangs/freeze-ups. I will monitor for new

drivers. If I can find one, would a in computer card potentially make this go

away?



Larry

For a few bucks, a serial card is well worth the money.



If you do go with a card, buy a name brand card, check reviews on newegg.com to

make sure you are not buying a lemon.



There is a lot of cheap junk out there with bad drivers.





--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "pdesstep" <pdesstep@...> wrote:

>

> Hi,

>    Well I was not so lucky. I still get hangs/freeze-ups. I will monitor for

new drivers. If I can find one, would a in computer card potentially make this

go away?

>

> Larry

>

I was using a Dynex (BestBuy house brand) UCB to Serial adapter  and

getting blue screens any time I tried to shut WUHU down.  I was also

seeing WUHU stop responding after a random amount of time, and the

Alerts wouldn't work.  When WUHU wasn't responding, the interface

continued to show uploads and no errors were being logged, but the data

in the interface didn't match the console and nothing was actually

making it to WU.  This is on a Windows 7 64bit machine.



Wednesday an internal PCI-Express serial card arrived from new egg, and

I have been problem free since then.  WUHU again works like it did on my

old server with an on-board serial port.  I would *definitely* recommend

to anyone having problems with a USB to Serial adapter to get an

internal card instead.  The internal card cost the same as the adapter!!



Here's the one I got:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815124067



Rich





On 3/27/2010 5:01 AM, pdesstep wrote:

> Hi,

>     Well I was not so lucky. I still get hangs/freeze-ups. I will monitor for

new drivers. If I can find one, would a in computer card potentially make this

go away?

>

> Larry

>

>

>

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>

Anybody using a software "bridge" to connect a USB input to a virtual

serial port inside the computer?



I am not sure which products are available, but I know it is

possible, because I am using a similar program to interconnect

between a USB GPS and a Delorme mapping program serial connection in

my truck. Mine is at

http://www.delorme.com/support/supporttemplate.aspx?id=319  I assume

it would pass everything through if "raw" is used. It probably

doesn't know what program is using it. Worth a try.



Jerry W4UK



At 01:38 PM 3/27/2010, you wrote:

>I was using a Dynex (BestBuy house brand) UCB to Serial adapter  and

>getting blue screens any time I tried to shut WUHU down.  I was also

>seeing WUHU stop responding after a random amount of time, and the

>Alerts wouldn't work.  When WUHU wasn't responding, the interface

>continued to show uploads and no errors were being logged, but the data

>in the interface didn't match the console and nothing was actually

>making it to WU.  This is on a Windows 7 64bit machine.

>

>Wednesday an internal PCI-Express serial card arrived from new egg, and

>I have been problem free since then.  WUHU again works like it did on my

>old server with an on-board serial port.  I would *definitely* recommend

>to anyone having problems with a USB to Serial adapter to get an

>internal card instead.  The internal card cost the same as the adapter!!

>

>Here's the one I got:

>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815124067

>

>Rich

>

>

>On 3/27/2010 5:01 AM, pdesstep wrote:

> > Hi,

> >     Well I was not so lucky. I still get hangs/freeze-ups. I will

> monitor for new drivers. If I can find one, would a in computer

> card potentially make this go away?

> >

> > Larry

> >

> >

> >

Hi Rich,

    I caved and followed your suggestion. I have ordered the card you did. I was

looking at this option myself and talked myself out of it twice. Enough is

enough. Fingers crossd as I wait for the UPS truck.



Larry

--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "pdesstep" <pdesstep@...> wrote:

>

> Hi Rich,

>    I caved and followed your suggestion. I have ordered the card you did. I

was looking at this option myself and talked myself out of it twice. Enough is

enough. Fingers crossd as I wait for the UPS truck.

>

> Larry

>



I'm using a Prolific Technology PL2303 Serial to USB adapter on a WS2350 (it

came with the La Crosse WS). The COM port was lost when I rebooted the PC, a

re-install in Win7 (Pro) 64 bit (and a change of port) solved the problem and

everything is working fine. I'm able to upload to Wunderground, CWOP and PWS

fine (so far...)

Hope this is of use.

Kevin.

Hi Folks,

    I got my new card and all is well. The new WIN7 64bit OS PC runs WUHU as well

or better than the XP machine. Thanks for the help!



Larry

Larry, great to hear you are up and runningagain

steve



--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "pdesstep" <pdesstep@...> wrote:

>

> Hi Folks,

>    I got my new card and all is well. The new WIN7 64bit OS PC runs WUHU as

well or better than the XP machine. Thanks for the help!

>

> Larry

>

I,m having the same problem with Windows 7 on my system. Is there something that

will cure this problem but for a laptop? I have a WS-2310 with a Prolific

Technologies USB to serial converter, which was doing fine with XP. I contacted

Prolific and they sent me an updated driver for Windows 7 but it has not solved

the problem.



--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "KNHBRIST1" <steve_03222@...> wrote:

>

> Larry, great to hear you are up and runningagain

> steve

>

> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "pdesstep" <pdesstep@> wrote:

> >

> > Hi Folks,

> >    I got my new card and all is well. The new WIN7 64bit OS PC runs WUHU as

well or better than the XP machine. Thanks for the help!

> >

> > Larry

> >

>

Which version of Win7 are you using Home Premium or Pro ?



--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "drifter17536" <drifter17536@...>

wrote:

>

> I,m having the same problem with Windows 7 on my system. Is there something

that will cure this problem but for a laptop? I have a WS-2310 with a Prolific

Technologies USB to serial converter, which was doing fine with XP. I contacted

Prolific and they sent me an updated driver for Windows 7 but it has not solved

the problem.

>

> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "KNHBRIST1" <steve_03222@> wrote:

> >

> > Larry, great to hear you are up and runningagain

> > steve

> >

> > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "pdesstep" <pdesstep@> wrote:

> > >

> > > Hi Folks,

> > >    I got my new card and all is well. The new WIN7 64bit OS PC runs WUHU

as well or better than the XP machine. Thanks for the help!

> > >

> > > Larry

> > >

> >

>

I am using Home Premium



--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "kevbert002_5" <kev_eric@...> wrote:

>

> Which version of Win7 are you using Home Premium or Pro ?

>

> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "drifter17536" <drifter17536@>

wrote:

> >

> > I,m having the same problem with Windows 7 on my system. Is there something

that will cure this problem but for a laptop? I have a WS-2310 with a Prolific

Technologies USB to serial converter, which was doing fine with XP. I contacted

Prolific and they sent me an updated driver for Windows 7 but it has not solved

the problem.

> >

> > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "KNHBRIST1" <steve_03222@>

wrote:

> > >

> > > Larry, great to hear you are up and runningagain

> > > steve

> > >

> > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "pdesstep" <pdesstep@> wrote:

> > > >

> > > > Hi Folks,

> > > >    I got my new card and all is well. The new WIN7 64bit OS PC runs WUHU

as well or better than the XP machine. Thanks for the help!

> > > >

> > > > Larry

> > > >

> > >

> >

>

I didn't have any luck with getting Home Premium working with the same

USB/Serial Adapter. I had to upgrade to Professional in order to talk to my La

Crosse via the XP emulation.



--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "drifter17536" <drifter17536@...>

wrote:

>

> I am using Home Premium

Do I understand correctly that upgrading to Professional takes care of the

problem? I'm not familiar with what you mean by XP emulation?



--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "kevbert002_5" <kev_eric@...> wrote:

>

> I didn't have any luck with getting Home Premium working with the same

USB/Serial Adapter. I had to upgrade to Professional in order to talk to my La

Crosse via the XP emulation.

>

> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "drifter17536" <drifter17536@>

wrote:

> >

> > I am using Home Premium

>

By performing an Anytime Upgrade on Home Premium allows you to access the XP

emulation. The Win7 Home Premium has all the software required to run

Professional and Ultimate but you need the (expensive) access key from Microsoft

in order to run all options for the version of Win7 you require.

I've upgraded to Professional from Home Premium 64 bit and it runs fine on my

Revo R3610. You'll need the drivers for XP in order to use the USB/Serial

adapter and you won't need to set anything else up in order to use the XP

emulation and the WUHU software. You won't need to use HeavyWeather either as

direct serial support works fine.

I'm using WUHU to send data to CWOP, PWS and Weather Underground. Hamweather

seems to only allow for people in Canada or USA to register (I'm in the UK).

Post back if you get any problems.

Cheers

Kevin.



--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "drifter17536" <drifter17536@...>

wrote:

>

> Do I understand correctly that upgrading to Professional takes care of the

problem? I'm not familiar with what you mean by XP emulation?

>

> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "kevbert002_5" <kev_eric@> wrote:

> >

> > I didn't have any luck with getting Home Premium working with the same

USB/Serial Adapter. I had to upgrade to Professional in order to talk to my La

Crosse via the XP emulation.

> >

> > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "drifter17536" <drifter17536@>

wrote:

> > >

> > > I am using Home Premium

> >

>

Ifound out that I am unable toupgrade my system to Windows 7 Pro because the

processor is unable to handle it. I called Dell and told them of my problem and

they had another suggestion. they sent me a 32-bit version of Windows 7 Home

Premium to install. I did this and WUHU has worked fine since then. Although

this 32-bit version doesn't have all the bells and whistles of the 64-bit

version I find that it is more than satisfactory. I thought I'd pass this on for

anyone else in a similar situation.



--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "kevbert002_5" <kev_eric@...> wrote:

>

> By performing an Anytime Upgrade on Home Premium allows you to access the XP

emulation. The Win7 Home Premium has all the software required to run

Professional and Ultimate but you need the (expensive) access key from Microsoft

in order to run all options for the version of Win7 you require.

> I've upgraded to Professional from Home Premium 64 bit and it runs fine on my

Revo R3610. You'll need the drivers for XP in order to use the USB/Serial

adapter and you won't need to set anything else up in order to use the XP

emulation and the WUHU software. You won't need to use HeavyWeather either as

direct serial support works fine.

> I'm using WUHU to send data to CWOP, PWS and Weather Underground. Hamweather

seems to only allow for people in Canada or USA to register (I'm in the UK).

> Post back if you get any problems.

> Cheers

> Kevin.

>

> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "drifter17536" <drifter17536@>

wrote:

> >

> > Do I understand correctly that upgrading to Professional takes care of the

problem? I'm not familiar with what you mean by XP emulation?

> >

> > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "kevbert002_5" <kev_eric@>

wrote:

> > >

> > > I didn't have any luck with getting Home Premium working with the same

USB/Serial Adapter. I had to upgrade to Professional in order to talk to my La

Crosse via the XP emulation.

> > >

> > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "drifter17536" <drifter17536@>

wrote:

> > > >

> > > > I am using Home Premium

> > >

> >

>

Having done a lot with Virtual machines lately, I am curious if you tried to run

it in XP mode? I think you go to the exe and right click and do a run as and run

it in XP emulation





Randy







--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "drifter17536" <drifter17536@...>

wrote:

>

> Ifound out that I am unable toupgrade my system to Windows 7 Pro because the

processor is unable to handle it. I called Dell and told them of my problem and

they had another suggestion. they sent me a 32-bit version of Windows 7 Home

Premium to install. I did this and WUHU has worked fine since then. Although

this 32-bit version doesn't have all the bells and whistles of the 64-bit

version I find that it is more than satisfactory. I thought I'd pass this on for

anyone else in a similar situation.

>

> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "kevbert002_5" <kev_eric@> wrote:

> >

> > By performing an Anytime Upgrade on Home Premium allows you to access the XP

emulation. The Win7 Home Premium has all the software required to run

Professional and Ultimate but you need the (expensive) access key from Microsoft

in order to run all options for the version of Win7 you require.

> > I've upgraded to Professional from Home Premium 64 bit and it runs fine on

my Revo R3610. You'll need the drivers for XP in order to use the USB/Serial

adapter and you won't need to set anything else up in order to use the XP

emulation and the WUHU software. You won't need to use HeavyWeather either as

direct serial support works fine.

> > I'm using WUHU to send data to CWOP, PWS and Weather Underground. Hamweather

seems to only allow for people in Canada or USA to register (I'm in the UK).

> > Post back if you get any problems.

> > Cheers

> > Kevin.

> >

> > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "drifter17536" <drifter17536@>

wrote:

> > >

> > > Do I understand correctly that upgrading to Professional takes care of the

problem? I'm not familiar with what you mean by XP emulation?

> > >

> > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "kevbert002_5" <kev_eric@>

wrote:

> > > >

> > > > I didn't have any luck with getting Home Premium working with the same

USB/Serial Adapter. I had to upgrade to Professional in order to talk to my La

Crosse via the XP emulation.

> > > >

> > > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "drifter17536"

<drifter17536@> wrote:

> > > > >

> > > > > I am using Home Premium

> > > >

> > >

> >

>

You have to be careful with this as it was originally a requirement that the CPU

supported hardware virtualization in order to run Win XP mode in Win7 Pro. This

was removed by Intel/Microsoft (about a month ago) due to a large number of

complaints from businesses. On the Microsoft website there was a tool to check

if your CPU support hardware virtualization, (mine failed this test), but it is

no longer valid. Take a look at

http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2010/03/18/microsoft-remove\

s-hardware-virtualization-requirement-from-xp-mode.aspx

Cheers

Kevin.



--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "drifter17536" <drifter17536@...>

wrote:

>

> Ifound out that I am unable toupgrade my system to Windows 7 Pro because the

processor is unable to handle it. I called Dell and told them of my problem and

they had another suggestion. they sent me a 32-bit version of Windows 7 Home

Premium to install. I did this and WUHU has worked fine since then. Although

this 32-bit version doesn't have all the bells and whistles of the 64-bit

version I find that it is more than satisfactory. I thought I'd pass this on for

anyone else in a similar situation.

>

> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "kevbert002_5" <kev_eric@> wrote:

> >

> > By performing an Anytime Upgrade on Home Premium allows you to access the XP

emulation. The Win7 Home Premium has all the software required to run

Professional and Ultimate but you need the (expensive) access key from Microsoft

in order to run all options for the version of Win7 you require.

> > I've upgraded to Professional from Home Premium 64 bit and it runs fine on

my Revo R3610. You'll need the drivers for XP in order to use the USB/Serial

adapter and you won't need to set anything else up in order to use the XP

emulation and the WUHU software. You won't need to use HeavyWeather either as

direct serial support works fine.

> > I'm using WUHU to send data to CWOP, PWS and Weather Underground. Hamweather

seems to only allow for people in Canada or USA to register (I'm in the UK).

> > Post back if you get any problems.

> > Cheers

> > Kevin.

> >

> > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "drifter17536" <drifter17536@>

wrote:

> > >

> > > Do I understand correctly that upgrading to Professional takes care of the

problem? I'm not familiar with what you mean by XP emulation?

> > >

> > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "kevbert002_5" <kev_eric@>

wrote:

> > > >

> > > > I didn't have any luck with getting Home Premium working with the same

USB/Serial Adapter. I had to upgrade to Professional in order to talk to my La

Crosse via the XP emulation.

> > > >

> > > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "drifter17536"

<drifter17536@> wrote:

> > > > >

> > > > > I am using Home Premium

> > > >

> > >

> >

>

--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "kevbert002_5" <kev_eric@...> wrote:

>

> You have to be careful with this as it was originally a requirement that the

CPU supported hardware virtualization in order to run Win XP mode in Win7 Pro.

This was removed by Intel/Microsoft (about a month ago) due to a large number of

complaints from businesses. On the Microsoft website there was a tool to check

if your CPU support hardware virtualization, (mine failed this test), but it is

no longer valid. Take a look at

http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2010/03/18/microsoft-remove\

s-hardware-virtualization-requirement-from-xp-mode.aspx

> Cheers

> Kevin.

>

> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "drifter17536" <drifter17536@>

wrote:

> >

> > Ifound out that I am unable toupgrade my system to Windows 7 Pro because the

processor is unable to handle it. I called Dell and told them of my problem and

they had another suggestion. they sent me a 32-bit version of Windows 7 Home

Premium to install. I did this and WUHU has worked fine since then. Although

this 32-bit version doesn't have all the bells and whistles of the 64-bit

version I find that it is more than satisfactory. I thought I'd pass this on for

anyone else in a similar situation.

> >

> > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "kevbert002_5" <kev_eric@>

wrote:

> > >

> > > By performing an Anytime Upgrade on Home Premium allows you to access the

XP emulation. The Win7 Home Premium has all the software required to run

Professional and Ultimate but you need the (expensive) access key from Microsoft

in order to run all options for the version of Win7 you require.

> > > I've upgraded to Professional from Home Premium 64 bit and it runs fine on

my Revo R3610. You'll need the drivers for XP in order to use the USB/Serial

adapter and you won't need to set anything else up in order to use the XP

emulation and the WUHU software. You won't need to use HeavyWeather either as

direct serial support works fine.

> > > I'm using WUHU to send data to CWOP, PWS and Weather Underground.

Hamweather seems to only allow for people in Canada or USA to register (I'm in

the UK).

> > > Post back if you get any problems.

> > > Cheers

> > > Kevin.

> > >

> > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "drifter17536" <drifter17536@>

wrote:

> > > >

> > > > Do I understand correctly that upgrading to Professional takes care of

the problem? I'm not familiar with what you mean by XP emulation?

> > > >

> > > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "kevbert002_5" <kev_eric@>

wrote:

> > > > >

> > > > > I didn't have any luck with getting Home Premium working with the same

USB/Serial Adapter. I had to upgrade to Professional in order to talk to my La

Crosse via the XP emulation.

> > > > >

> > > > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "drifter17536"

<drifter17536@> wrote:

> > > > > >

> > > > > > I am using Home Premium

> > > > >

> > > >

> > >

> >

>

I have been running WuHu with window 7 on a 64 bit system with no problem

Do I understand correctly that upgrading to Professional takes care of the

problem? I'm not familiar with what you mean by XP emulation?



--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "kevbert002_5" <kev_eric@...> wrote:

>

> I didn't have any luck with getting Home Premium working with the same

USB/Serial Adapter. I had to upgrade to Professional in order to talk to my La

Crosse via the XP emulation.

>

> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "drifter17536" <drifter17536@>

wrote:

> >

> > I am using Home Premium

>