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serial port blocked

I just downloaded a trial of Omni remote for my VDx. When I try to run it, I get a message that says my serial port is blocked. How do I find out what's blocking my serial port ?

The only thing I can think of would be the Thinmodem which I no longer own... Is it possible some software is still lurking that might cause this ?

Thanks in advance.

found it !

It was my Visorphone, in case anyone was wondering. Took that out, and OR started up ok.

But I don't want to remove my VP ! Call the wahmbulance !

Ah!, you didn't say that you had a Visorphone in! My understanding is that Visors have one serial port which is shared between the IR port and the SpringBoard port. Only one can use the serial port at a time. Therefore, if you had your Visorphone in and on, the software could not access the IR port. Similarly, if you had a ThinModem in and were on-line and tried to use your IR port, you couldn't. If you simply had the Visorphone or ThinModem in but they were not on or on-line respectively, then the IR port should work.

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Ah!, you didn't say that you had a Visorphone in!

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Therefore, if you had your Visorphone in and on, the software could not access the IR port.

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But I am fully capable of sending and receiving info via IR when my VisorPhone is in and on. Does OmniRemote utilize the port in another way?

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But I am fully capable of sending and receiving info via IR when my VisorPhone is in and on. Does OmniRemote utilize the port in another way?

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