I wish I knew how to bypass that too, so if you find out, please post the
answer back here.

On the other hand, if you have not already noticed, if the Tbolt is up and
running and plugged in the serial port when the computer boots, your mouse
will appear possessed.

It is a Windows "feature" where the OS thinks the Tbolt is a serial mouse,
and it is converting the data stream into mouse movements. And no, it does
not work like a navigation system :-)

Doing a Google search led me to the settings that have to be changed in
Windows to disable this "feature". I forgot the exact steps now (Control
Panel -> Hardware Manager -> disable Serial Mouse driver).

Didier KO4BB

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Mike,

I don't believe the software has any option for saving a serial port
selection.  At least I have never found one.  It defaults to COM1.  I
use a USB/RS-232 converter and COM 2 because COM 1 on my laptop is in
use by another application.  I have to select COM2 every time I start
the program.  I don't do it that often so it is only a minor
annoyance.

As for why it only works on COM 4 on your PC, I would need a bit more
information but I can speculate.  Does your PC have the older RS-232
or newer USB serial ports?  If you have the former, then the Trimble
is connected to COM4.  If you are using USB ports and a USB/RS-232
adapter (s) then the adapter has assumed the COM4 identifier when it
was plugged into the USB port.  When a USB/RS-232 adapter is plugged
into a USB port it assumes a COMn identifier, usually the next
available one.  You may find that the system has already defined COM1,
COM2, and COM3.  This can happen if you move a USB/RS-232 adapter to a
different USB port or have several adapters.

In the following steps I am assuming you are using a Windows PC
running XP and have USB ports and are using a USB/RS-232 adapter(s).
If so go to Control Panel and open the System folder.  Click on the
Hardware tab.  On the Hardware page click the Device Manager button.
Click on the "+" sign next to Ports (COM & LPT).  You will see a list
of COM ports defined on your system.

If you don't see COM1 defined in the list then you COULD change the
COM4 port to COM1.  Here is how.  Right click the COM4 entry.  Click
Properties.  Click Port Settings.  Click Advanced.  Find the COM Port
Number: pull down box.  You should see COM4 in the box.  Click the
down arrow and select COM1.  Click OK.  Click OK until you are back to
the Device Manager screen where you started.  You should see COM1
listed as one of the ports.  It may be necessary to close and reopen
the Device Manager to see the change.

Good luck.

Ken, WA2LBI

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 7:43 PM, Michael Baker mpb45@clanbaker.org wrote:

Quoth Didier Juges at 2008-03-28 11:03...

...

ftp://ftp.trimble.com/pub/sct/embedded/bin/TrimbleGPSMonitor_V1-05-0.zip

Extract the PDF manual from the zip file - gives instructions which
should help.

Basically, if Windows 'sees' a constant input stream from a serial
device, it foolishly assumes that what is connected is a mouse.  Glad I
don't use Windows ;-)

Cheers

M

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Marty,

Thanks for the link, I did not know about this new software. I will try it.

The manual appears well done too.

Didier KO4BB

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My version of Tboltmon (version 2.60)accepts a command line argument
which bypasses the selection menu e.g.

TBOLTMON.EXE -c1

This does not appear to be documented.

Michael Baker wrote:

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Stephen Tompsett

Thanks!  How'd you find that option?

-- john, KE5FX

That works for me, too!  I also have version 2.60.

Ken, WA2LBI

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 4:11 AM, Stephen Tompsett
stephen@blob.demon.co.uk wrote:

I followed up a hunch after browsing through the sample code they supply
for TBCHAT.

John Miles wrote:

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Stephen Tompsett

With respect to the two softwares available for the Thunderbolt . . .

The (older I think) Tboltman.exe has a status indicator named
"Oscillator Discipling" while the (newer I think) TrimbleMon_V1-05-0.exe
does not.

Does the TrimbleMon_V1-05-0.exe software provide an indication of
oscillator disciplining?

I'm not familiar with all of the data presented to the user by these
pieces of software, so maybe the indication I'm curious about is there
and I don't recognize it?

Thanks.

Steve

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I posted an unanswered query about this back on 5/3/08.
It seems Trimblemon is intended as a monitoring package for all of the
Trimble fleet of 12 channel nav receivers-it has 12 SV parameter
'slots' on the main screen. But it has no timing specific monitoring
capability, such as already exists in tboltmon- well, none I could
find.

The odd thing is- as noted in my prior post, on the Trimble site, the
docos for the Thunderbolt E (download the pdf file) discuss the use of
Trimblemon, but the support s/w made available from the website for
the Thunderbolt E is actually Tboltmon.  Probably different writers
for the website and the product support docs........

Regardless, it appears Tboltmon is THE one to use  for a
Thunderbolt......
DaveB, NZ

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