Re: [chirp_devel] [patch modified] doesn't recognize multiple comm ports in Win 7 - issue #2783

12 Oct 2015

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diff -r f8d7a8b1f4f5 -r 853c2aa66578 chirp/platform.py

--- a/chirp/platform.py	Thu Oct 08 12:02:04 2015 +0300
+++ b/chirp/platform.py	Sun Oct 11 10:50:10 2015 +0300
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 ports = []
 for i in range(1, 257):


   portname = "COM%i" % i




   portname = "\\\\.\\COM%i" % i
   try:
       mode = win32con.GENERIC_READ | win32con.GENERIC_WRITE
       port = \



@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
                                      win32con.OPEN_EXISTING,
                                      0,
                                      None)

       if portname.startswith("\\"):


           portname = portname[4:]



Won't this cause us to detect them, but then fail to open them? Or is
the failure just in the detection code above?
--Dan

    

Dan Smith