You can check it in there, but I know my old dell nightmare computer had it 
disabled in the bios so I needed help to reenable that, I had 2 on that 
computer and never did get one working but the other did for a while.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: programming TMV7A with a laptop


>    John:
>
> I thought the com port  was enabled, but maybe not. ... Can you tell me 
> how
> to check to see if it's enabled?  Do I check in the control panel, 
> hardware
> devices, or where?
>
> Thanks, and 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:28 PM
> Subject: Re: programming TMV7A with a laptop
>
>
>> is the comm port on the laptop enabled? a lot of dells come with it
>> disabled
>> for some stupid reason known only by dell.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:10 PM
>> Subject: programming TMV7A with a laptop
>>
>>
>>> Hi, all.
>>>
>>> I have been having a problem programming my TMV7A with a laptop 
>>> computer,
>>> the memory programming software, and the required interface cable.
>>>
>>> Everything seems to work very well when doing the programming with my
>>> main
>>> PC, but when I switch to the laptop, I consistently get an error message
>>> that reads something like "communications time-out error".
>>>
>>> Both the main PC and the laptop have Windows XP, and they both use
>>> comport
>>> 1
>>> for the programming. ... I even checked the laptop for com ports, and 
>>> com
>>> port 1 is the one that is checked.
>>>
>>> My laptop is a Dell Lattitude 610.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I might get the software and
>>> programming cable to work with the laptop.
>>>
>>> 73 and thanks as always from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>> Big Rapids, MI
>>