Simple VISA Setup Problem

Hi all,
I'm having issues working with VISA in LabVIEW. Previously, I've used Peek/Poke VIs (before they were VISA VIs) that allowed me to read and write directly to registers at a given Windows address. I have a new, custom PCI Express board that uses the same architecture that I've worked with previously only this time I'm trying to access the registers using VISA.
As this is my first time using VISA, I'm having some setup problems. Yesterday I got to a state where logically things should work but I still end up getting an error when I try to run a simple VISA Open command (see attached screenshot).
The initial problem I had was I was not able to acquire a VISA resource that opens a session to my PCIe board...it would simply not show up on the resource list. After reading around I discovered I needed to create a custom VISA driver for my board. Once I did that using the VISA Driver Wizard, the device showed up in my list (as seen in the screenshot). I wrote the simplest of all VIs where I simply open that VISA resource, however, the error seen in the screenshot is produced.
I'm pretty sure this is a simple setup issue, but does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
Attachments:
Screenshot1.JPG ‏145 KB

Hi bonhomme,
I see you're having some issues using VISA. It sounds like you're new to VISA, so I wanted to pass along some information that we have availble on this software. This link gives good general information about VISA, and the related links are extremely helpful in finding specific issues.
Thank you for attaching your error. This is extremely helpful in debugging since we can actually see the numbers. There is another forumn that talks about these at this link and at this link.
Hope this helps you out!!
Lea D.
Applications Engineering
National Instruments

Similar Messages

I need to upgrade my 10.5.1 os on my G4/1.25 (I'm having some audio-midi setup problems), but it's a machine that is not connected to the internet. Do I have any options? Thanks!

Friends,
I'm having some audio-midi setup problems on my G4/1.25/10.5.1 machine. I'm thinking that a routine OS upgrade might help. However, this machine is not connected to the internet. Are there any alternate methods for upgrading system software? Thanks in advance!

OK, what you should do is download the updates on another machine and burn them to a disc. Start at this link http://support.apple.com/downloads/#leopard for downloads and find, among other things, the 10.5.8 combo updater that works on PPC machines, plus security, QuickTime and other updates. Going from 10.5.1 to 10.5.8, there will probably be a bunch of things that you should install. Being off the internet with the machine, you can't have Software Update sort it out, so something might get missed, unfortunately.
My suggestion is this: if it looks like you might need a download, get it onto that disc.

Setup problem, windows xp, firefox upgrade to 4 and asked to reboot but did not progress. keeps asking to restart even if I try to remove

setup problem, windows xp, firefox upgrade to 4 and asked to reboot but did not progress. keeps asking to restart even if I try to remove

Hi marsano,
Usually the only reason it will ask you to reboot is if there is a file that must be modified that the updater doesn't currently have access to. You should try running the Firefox program once as Administrator:
* Right-click the icon and choose ''Run as Administrator''
If that doesn't help then do a clean reinstall.
# Download a fresh copy of Firefox from the [http://www.mozilla.org/firefox/fx/ Mozilla download page] and save the file to the desktop.
# [[Uninstalling Firefox|Uninstall]] your current version of Firefox and remove the Firefox program folder before running the new installer.
# Run installer
Remember that you don't want to remove personal data when uninstalling. That way you'll still have your personal information.
Hopefully this helps!

SIMPLE Database Design Problem !

Mapping is a big problem for many complex applications.
So what happens if we put all the tables into one table called ENTITY?
I have more than 300 attributeTypes.And there will be lots of null values in the records of that single table as every entityType uses the same table.
Other than wasting space if I put a clustered index on my entityType coloumn in that table.What kind of performance penalties to I get?
Definition of the table
ENTITY
EntityID > uniqueidentifier
EntityType > Tells the entityTypeName
Name >
LastName >
CompanyName > 300 attributeTypes
OppurtunityPeriod >
PS:There is also another table called RELATION that points the relations between entities.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
check the coloumn with WHERE _entityType='PERSON'
as there is is clustered index on entityType...there
is NO performance decrease.
there is also a clustered index on RELATION table on
relationType
when we say WHERE _entityType ='PERSON' or
WHERE relationType='CONTACTMECHANISM'.
it scans the clustered index first.it acts like a
table as it is physically ordered.I was thinking in terms of using several conditions in the same select, such as
WHERE _entityType ='PERSON'
AND LastName LIKE 'A%' In your case you have to use at least two indices, and since your clustered index comes first ...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Have you ever thought of using constraints in your
modell? How would you realize those?
...in fact we did.We have arranged the generic object
model in an object database.The knowledge information
is held in the object database.So your relational database is used only as a "simple" storage, everything has go through your object database.
But the data schema is held in the RDBMS with code
generation that creates a schema to hold data.If you think that this approach makes sense, why not.
But in able to have a efficent mapping and a good
performance we have thought about building only one
table.The problem is we know we are losing some space
but the thing is harddisk is much cheaper than RAM
and CPU.So our trade off concerated on the storage
cost.But I still wonder if there is a point that I
have missed in terms performance?Just test your approach by using sufficiently data - only you know how many records you have to store in your modell.
PS: it is not wise effective using generic object
models also in object databases as CPU cost is a lot
when u are holding the data.I don't know if I'd have taken your approach - using two database systems to hold data and business logic.
PS2: RDBMS is a value based system where object
databases are identity based.we are trying to be in
the gray area of both worlds.Like I wrote: if your approach works and scales to the required size, why not? I would assume that you did a load test with your approach.
What I would question though is that your discussing a "SIMPLE Database Design" problem. I don't see anything simple in your approach when it comes to implementation.
C.

CDC setup problem

{noformat}Dear all,{noformat}{noformat}Trying to troubleshoot a CDC setup problem in ODI:{noformat}{noformat}I got an error when trying to "Start Journal" from the CDC source model (in Designer).{noformat}{noformat}Here is what I've done:{noformat}{noformat}1. grant the following role to the CDC source schema (user):{noformat}{noformat}DBA, execute on DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH, connect, resource, select_on_change_sets, create session, select_catalog_role, execute_catalog_role, create sequence{noformat}{noformat}2. in the CDC source model "Journalizing" tab, specify JKM 9i logminer (CDC source is on 9i) and specify "Automatic Configuration"{noformat}{noformat}3. add a subscriber "SUNOPSIS" to the source model -> Changed Data Capture (Operator successfully run){noformat}{noformat}4. "add to CDC" from source model -> Changed Data Capture{noformat}{noformat}5. "Start Journal" from source model -> Changed Data Capture (Operator run failed with the following errors in the "create Journal" step){noformat}{noformat}
30475 : 99999 : java.sql.BatchUpdateException: ORA-30475: feature not enabled:
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH", line 298
ORA-06512: at line 1
30475 : 99999 : java.sql.SQLException: ORA-30475: feature not enabled:
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH", line 298
ORA-06512: at line 1
java.sql.BatchUpdateException: ORA-30475: feature not enabled:
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH", line 298
ORA-06512: at line 1
at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.throwBatchUpdateException(DatabaseError.java:367)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement.executeBatch(OraclePreparedStatement.java:9119)
at com.sunopsis.sql.SnpsQuery.executeBatch(SnpsQuery.java)
at com.sunopsis.dwg.dbobj.SnpSessTaskSql.execCollOrders(SnpSessTaskSql.java)
at com.sunopsis.dwg.dbobj.SnpSessTaskSql.treatTaskTrt(SnpSessTaskSql.java)
at com.sunopsis.dwg.dbobj.SnpSessTaskSqlC.treatTaskTrt(SnpSessTaskSqlC.java)
at com.sunopsis.dwg.dbobj.SnpSessTaskSql.treatTask(SnpSessTaskSql.java)
at com.sunopsis.dwg.dbobj.SnpSessStep.treatSessStep(SnpSessStep.java)
at com.sunopsis.dwg.dbobj.SnpSession.treatSession(SnpSession.java)
{noformat}{noformat}Any idea?{noformat}{noformat} {noformat}{noformat}William Lam
{noformat}

Hi Cezar,
Thanks for following up. Below is from the description tab of the "Create Journal" steps:
LOADING:
select     FULL_TABLE_NAME     FULL_TABLE_NAME
from     CDCSRC.SNP_TMP_TABLE_LIST     TMP
where     TMP.FULL_TABLE_NAME = 'CDCSRC.DEPT'
and     not exists      (
          select     'X'
          from     CDCSRC.SNP_CDC_OBJECTS     OBJ,
               CDCSRC.SNP_CDC_SET_TABLE     TBL
          where     TBL.FULL_TABLE_NAME          = OBJ.FULL_TABLE_NAME
          and     TBL.FULL_TABLE_NAME          = TMP.FULL_TABLE_NAME
          and     TBL.CDC_SET_NAME          = 'CDCSRC.CDCSRC'
          and     OBJ.FULL_OBJECT_NAME     = 'CDCSRC.J$DEPT'
          and     OBJ.CDC_OBJECT_TYPE          = 'JRN_FULL_NAME'
DEFAULT:
BEGIN
     DBMS_LOGMNR_CDC_PUBLISH.CREATE_CHANGE_TABLE(
     owner          => 'CDCSRC',
     change_table_name     => 'J$DEPT',
     change_set_name     => 'SYNC_SET',
     source_schema     => 'CDCSRC',
     source_table     => 'DEPT',
     column_type_list     => 'DEPTNO NUMBER(2) ',
     capture_values     => 'new',
     rs_id          => 'n',
     row_id          => 'n',
     user_id          => 'n',
     timestamp          => 'y',
     object_id          => 'n',
     source_colmap     => 'n',
     target_colmap     => 'n',
     options_string     => ''
END;
The error message from the Execution Tab:
30475 : 99999 : java.sql.BatchUpdateException: ORA-30475: feature not enabled:
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH", line 298
ORA-06512: at line 1
30475 : 99999 : java.sql.SQLException: ORA-30475: feature not enabled:
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH", line 298
ORA-06512: at line 1
java.sql.BatchUpdateException: ORA-30475: feature not enabled:
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH", line 298
ORA-06512: at line 1
Once again, the setup details:
- CDC source is on Oracle 9i
- KM used is Oracle 9i LogMiner
- enabled archivelog in Oracle 9i
- installed logminer by running the 2 sqls as described in the earlier tread.
I need to meet a tight deadline for POC completion and I desparate need some help here.
Thanks and regards,
William

Simple VPN Setup Fails with "NOTIFY PROPOSAL_NOT_CHOSEN protocol"

Hi,
This is pulling my hair out! Must be overlooking something very simple!
Simple lab setup with 3 routers. VPN setup between R1 & R3 with static routing. R2 connects R1 & R3. All interfaces are reachable, including loopbacks. I am trying to encrypt traffic between loopback on R1 (69.69.69.69) to loopback on R3 (192.168.100.223).
With no Crypto Map applied to outgoing interfaces on R1 and R3 ping is successful (sourced via local loopback) between the loopbacks. As soon as I add the Crypto Map the same ping fails and and I get the following debug messages.
When ping initiated via outgoing interface, ping successful!
*Oct 6 11:44:26.121: ISAKMP: set new node 0 to QM_IDLE
*Oct 6 11:44:26.125: SA has outstanding requests (local 103.13.216.8 port 500, remote 103.13.215.236 port 500)
*Oct 6 11:44:26.129: ISAKMP:(1002): sitting IDLE. Starting QM immediately (QM_IDLE      )
*Oct 6 11:44:26.133: ISAKMP:(1002):beginning Quick Mode exchange, M-ID of -1381344893
*Oct 6 11:44:26.137: ISAKMP:(1002):QM Initiator gets spi
*Oct 6 11:44:26.145: ISAKMP:(1002): sending packet to 172.1.1.1 my_port 500 peer_port 500 (I) QM_IDLE
*Oct 6 11:44:26.145: ISAKMP:(1002):Sending an IKE IPv4 Packet.
*Oct 6 11:44:26.149: ISAKMP:(1002):Node -1381344893, Input = IKE_MESG_INTERNAL, IKE_INIT_QM
*Oct 6 11:44:26.153: ISAKMP:(1002):Old State = IKE_QM_READY New State = IKE_QM_I_QM1
*Oct 6 11:44:26.301: ISAKMP (0:1002): received packet from 172.1.1.1 dport 500 sport 500 Global (I) QM_IDLE
*Oct 6 11:44:26.305: ISAKMP: set new node -1825528760 to QM_IDLE
*Oct 6 11:44:26.313: ISAKMP:(1002): processing HASH payload. message ID = -1825528760
*Oct 6 11:44:26.317: ISAKMP:(1002): processing NOTIFY PROPOSAL_NOT_CHOSEN protocol 3
        spi 2376679447, message ID = -1825528760, sa = 670DD6A4
*Oct 6 11:44:26.317: ISAKMP:(1002): deleting spi 2376679447 message ID = -1381344893
*Oct 6 11:44:26.321: ISAKMP:(1002):deleting node -1381344893 error TRUE reason "Delete Larval"
*Oct 6 11:44:26.325: ISAKMP:(1002):deleting node -1825528760 error FALSE reason "Informational (in) state 1"
*Oct 6 11:44:26.329: ISAKMP:(1002):Input = IKE_MESG_FROM_PEER, IKE_INFO_NOTIFY
*Oct 6 11:44:26.329: ISAKMP:(1002):Old State = IKE_P1_COMPLETE New State = IKE_P1_COMPLETE
R1
crypto isakmp policy 1
authentication pre-share
crypto isakmp key cisco address 172.1.1.1
crypto ipsec transform-set TEST esp-3des esp-sha-hmac
crypto map CRYPTO 1 ipsec-isakmp
description IPSec Peer to R3
set peer 172.1.1.1
set transform-set TEST
match address ACL1
interface GigabitEthernet1/0
ip address 192.250.156.6 255.255.255.0
no ip route-cache cef
no ip route-cache
negotiation auto
crypto map CRYPTO
ip access-list extended ACL1
permit ip host 69.69.69.69 host 192.168.100.223
R1#sh crypto isakmp sa
IPv4 Crypto ISAKMP SA
dst             src             state          conn-id slot status
172.1.1.1       192.250.156.6   QM_IDLE           1002    0 ACTIVE
R3
crypto isakmp policy 1
authentication pre-share
crypto isakmp key cisco address 192.250.156.6
crypto ipsec transform-set TEST esp-3des esp-sha-hmac
crypto map TEST 1 ipsec-isakmp
description Primary IPSec Peer to R1
set peer 192.250.156.6
set transform-set TEST
match address ACL1
interface GigabitEthernet1/0
ip address 172.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
no ip route-cache cef
no ip route-cache
negotiation auto
crypto map CRYPTO
ip access-list extended ACL1
permit ip host 192.168.100.223 host 69.69.69.69
R3#sh crypto isakmp sa
IPv4 Crypto ISAKMP SA
dst             src             state          conn-id slot status
172.1.1.1       192.250.156.6   QM_IDLE           1002    0 ACTIVE
Any help appreciated,
Thanks.

Hi Paul,
"processing NOTIFY PROPOSAL_NOT_CHOSEN protocol 3" indicates the remote VPN peer rejected the phase 2 proposal.
The configuration snippet you have shared here seems fine, ISAKMP and IPSec debugs (debug crypto isakmp and debug crypto ipsec) from the remote VPN peer will be helpful in troubleshooting further.
Following is a useful doc on VPN troubleshooting:
IPsec Troubleshooting: Understanding and Using debug Commands
Cheers,
Rudresh V

Simple setup problems with JSTL and Tomcat

Hi all, I'm having some problems getting JSTL to work the 1st time. JSTL setup seems to be a common problem for relative newbies, but having read previous threads, I still haven't been able to solve my problem so hopefully someone can help:
the jstl.jar and standard.jar are in my WEB-INF/lib directory, so I don't think it's a classpath problem.
My jsp page has the following at the top:
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>Later, I reference a bean var with :
<c:out value="My var is : ${var.property}"/>In my web.xml I have:
<taglib>
<taglib-uri>http://java.sun.com/jstl/core</taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/lib/jstl.jar</taglib-location>
</taglib>And I've placed the actual tld (c.tld) in the WEB-INF directory.
On startup I get the error when compiling the JSP:
No such tag out in the tag library imported with prefix c
Can anyone help here?
Thanks in advance,
Mike

I think this note from the JSTL mailing list by Shawn Bayern, one of the lead developers of Jakarta JSTL and the author of "JSTL In Action", will clarify it:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg04587.html
Don't put that <taglib> in your web.xml. All the books tell you to do it, but Shawn Bayern has the right answer. The URI should be the one that's in the TLD JAR .tld files.
I use JSTL and Tomcat 4.1.24 without the <taglib>, and it works fine. - MOD

T500 Vista buying experience and initial setup problems

This a long post but I felt the information could be used by others buying a notebook and trying to set it up.
I have used a Thinkpad T40 (1 GB, XP Pro) at work since 2003 and just love the rock-solid keyboard, screen, and hinges. The IT department has offered me the most recent Dell computer as an upgrade but I much prefer to keep my old reliable T40.
When my daughter needed a notebook for university in September, it was only natural to consider Lenovo, having heard about too many quality problems with other manufacturers. I wanted this notebook to last through the 4 years without any hardware problems.
I did a lot of research on the Web and read numerous Thinkpad forums. The information gathered was invaluable for deciding which configuration to buy. Note that I have never used VISTA before, nor have I ever opened a notebook to replace parts.
Buying experience:
- On my first contact with the Lenovo Sales desk in Canada, they mentioned there was a special 25% coupon sale, if my configuration was over $1500 (discounted price). These specials come back often, so it is best to check the Lenovo site. At the time, there was a free integrated camera, free upgrade to 250 MB HDD and free shipping. Since these promotions can be removed at any time, I decided to place an online order for a Thinkpad T500, before having completed all my research. It is easy to place an order online. You just have to remember that not all items contribute to making up the $1500, such as MS Office software.
- Lenovo Sales telephone support for answering any questions about online ordering was outstanding and very helpful.
- Note that if a particular online configuration is there one week, it might not be there the next week. It depends on parts availability at Lenovo.
- In order to get the 25% coupon discount, I had to add some items to my configuration to reach $1500, such as Bluetooth, Wifi 5100, which I did not really need, but the saving on the overall cost was worthwhile.
- I had ordered a WXGA (1280 x 800) High Brightness LED Backlit screen and 3 GB of RAM. After reading about the poor display quality of these screens, I was able to cancel my order by phone the next day (after making sure the same deal was still available), and place a new revised order for a WSXGA+ TFT (1680 x 1050) screen. Since the configuration price for an additional 2 GB RAM was $110 CDN, I decided to buy the extra 2 GB RAM (only $43 CDN) as an accessory, on the same order, separate from the T500 configuration. I could then install the RAM myself to save $67 ! Just make sure you pay the extra to get the base 2 GB RAM on one DIMM, since there are only 2 slots available. I know I will only be using 3.5 GB with my 32-bit Windows, but at least, if one of the DIMMs goes bad, I can still operate on 2 GB.
- as for choosing which CPU to buy, I chose in the middle range, starting with the first CPU having 3 MB L2 cache.
- I did not buy MS Office or McAfee Antivirus with the configuration. Since my daughter attends a post-secondary institution, she was able to order MS Office Ultimate 2007 for $64 CDN + $13 for the DVD. Microsoft has had this promotion on their site
(http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/theultimatesteal-ca/default.aspx)
for a while, but it is not well known. You get 8 MS products for one low price and it is completely legal for numerous countries ! I downloaded the software since it took 5 weeks to get the DVD delivered ! At the end of 4 weeks, I contacted Microsoft to tell them I had still not received the DVD. So I received the first DVD and a few weeks later, I received a second copy. So much for quick shipping !
Initial impressions:
- I received 3 separate shipments: 1 free Thinkpad privacy filter to install on the screen, the 2 GB RAM, and finally the T500 (which took about 2 weeks).
-The stainless steel hinges are rock-solid. When trying to raise the lid in the first weeks, you have to hold down the keyboard. Not at all like the hinges I see on the Dell notebooks at work.
- The 3 USB port connections are very tight, which means they should last through repeated plugging and unplugging.
- The T500 is surprisingly quiet, more than my T40. You can hardly hear the fan.
- I am extremely satisfied with the screen resolution, colours, and quality.
- The only disappointment was the keyboard ! Typing on the left-hand side (Q,W keys) produced an annoying "clunk". This was the worst keyboard I had ever used, being accustomed to the legendary quality of my T40. Even my daughter complained about the keyboard. I had read on the forums about the "flex" in the keyboard. Before ordering, when I asked the Sales Rep if these known problems had been solved, I was told that yes, the keyboard flex was no longer an issue. Too bad this was not true !
Initial Setup:
- Setup was easy. Just follow the on-screen instructions.
- I was not very happy to see a trial version of MS-Office and McAfee Antivirus on my notebook. I had not ordered it on the online configuration and did not want it. I had read on the forums that other users had all sorts of problems trying to get their own version of MS Office working (activation keys not being recognized), when the pre-loaded software was still there. And I knew how difficult it could be to erase all traces of McAfee by myself.
Hardware problems:
- after I burned my very first DVD, I pressed the Eject button. To my surprise, there was a thin grey foam ring (about 3 cm diameter) sitting on top of my DVD media. I assumed that this came from the roof of the DVD drive and the manufacturing process had missed the glue to keep it there. I contacted Lenovo and they immediately sent out a replacement (received the next day), which was easy to install. I then returned the defective part to Lenovo. My only complaint is that this was a refurbished unit. I was expecting a new unit since the part was defective out of the box and not a few months later.
- for the defective keyboard, I contacted Lenovo and mentioned the numerous complaints on the forums, and they sent me a new keyboard (FRU 42T3938). Unlike the DVD drive, I did not have to send back the original keyboard. However, the replacement keyboard was exactly the same as the original, with a thin flexible backing full of holes. I contacted Lenovo again in the morning and the agent mentioned I should contact Sales, since there was nothing more he could do. That afternoon, the agent called me to say that after further research, he had found a replacement keyboard that would correct the flex. When I received the second replacement keyboard (FRU 42T3210), I knew it was the right one, since there were far less holes in the more solid backing plate. I followed the instructions for replacing the keyboard and added my additional 2 GB RAM at the same time, since it is in the same area, under the palm rest. Now the keyboard is almost like my solid T40, and I am no longer ashamed of the T500 keyboard. For those of you wondering what an ACNOR or CSA keyboard is, it is one where the 5 most common French accented characters (and not only the é) are used with one keystroke. I have been using such a keyboard disposition since 1994 and it is invaluable when typing in French.
For pictures comparing the defective and replacement keyboards, see
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T400-T500-and-newer-T-series/T500-keyboard-replacement/m-p/158451#M15525
My immediate goals:
- out of the box, there are 3 partitions: partitions Q (10 GB) and S (1 GB) are Lenovo partitions to recover the operating system, C partition is a single partition over 200 GB on my 250 GB DD. I wanted to partition the C: drive in multiple partitions.
- I also wanted to eliminate MS Office and McAfee so I could install my own software (MS Office 2007 Ultimate and free Avast Antivirus). When I contacted Lenovo to ask how I could do this, they said I could use the recovery partition and "customize" it so that this software would not be installed. Turns out that this option was removed by Lenovo. I guess pressure from Microsoft and McAfee was too great ! The only other option was to use Add/Remove.
Partitioning problems.
- I ran Diskmgmt.msc (also available on XP) to see the layout of my HDD. Unfortunately, it did not seem to be powerful enough to partition like I wanted. But it is great to see the layout of the disk and do basic partitioning. (http://www.theeldergeek.com/hard_drives.htm)
- I installed the free EASUS Partition Manager (http://www.partition-tool.com/); the non-free Pro version works on 64-bit. I wanted to partition: C 35GB (Operating System and Office), D 20GB (other applications), E 25GB (Data), F 100GB (Music and Pictures). I also installed the free EASUS Todo Backup (http://www.todo-backup.com/) to do regular image backups as I was proceeding.
- while trying to partition the C drive, I must have made an error somewhere (I think I accidentally declared another partition as the active partition). Whenever I rebooted, I would get the message "Boot MGR is missing". I could not even use the recovery partition (Q and S) on the HDD. So my notebook was totally unusable. Fortunately, I had burned 4 Recovery DVD's, as soon as the OS was operational. The first recovery DVD booted OK. However, the system would not recognize any of the 3 other recovery DVD, displaying a message such as wrong disk inserted or something similar. Imagine if in a few months I had needed to use these recovery DVD that I had burned; they were completely useless and I would have nothing to recover with. Very scary !
- I explained the problem to Lenovo Support and they sent me within 3 days a set of 4 Rescue & Recovery DVD. By following the instructions, it took 2 hours to recover to a working system. The good: no Office or McAfee trial software came with this recovery. The bad: there was a 2 GB empty partition at the beginning of the HDD and 10 GB of unallocated space at the end of the disk. Why Lenovo would do this, I don't know; seems a bit sloppy to me. Also, I had to manually reconfigure everything, since there is no "just follow the instructions" as when configuring the "out-of-the-box" system. I had to install my own PDF viewer
(free open source PDF X-viewer http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/PDF-XChange_Tools/pdfx_viewer), Adobe Flash, etc...
- the major problem in partitioning is the inability to shrink a partition (such as C) in order to free up space after to add extended partitions
(http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/working-around-windows-vistas-shrink-volume-inadequacy-...). There always seems to be VISTA unmovable files, MBR or something else. After reading numerous posts, I installed the trial version (30 days) of Raxco PerfectDisk Home edition in order to consolidate all the files to the front of the C: drive. A few iterations were required since the MBR seems to be placed in the middle of the partition. I was finally able to partition my HDD exactly as I wanted. I was so pleased with the efficiency and ease of use of PerfectDisk that I bought the Pro 10 version. Just wait for when the software is occasionally discounted. (http://www.perfectdisk.com/home)
VISTA User account setup:
I had created my E partition to store all user data of all accounts, since I would have multiple accounts on the computer. I also wanted to store all music and pictures in the Public folder on F partition. There are numerous methods described on the Internet, most of which seem too complicated. See http://joshmouch.wordpress.com/2007/04/07/change-user-profile-folder-location-in-vista/ and
http://www.vista4beginners.com/Move-user-files-folders-to-another-partition?page=1. I finally decided to do just 2 simple registry modifications described in the last post here
(http://superuser.com/questions/6391/moving-users-folder-on-windows-vista-seven-to-another-partition).
It worked for me but use at your own risk ! Just edit the 2 Registry keys and replace the C: drive by the one you need.
- I only had the Admin account created on the C: partition. Before creating any other user accounts, I modified the registry so that all new user accounts created would use my E partition.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList ProfilesDirectory = E:\Users
- I modified the registry so that the Public folder would be on my F partition.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList Public = F:\Public
Other notes of interest:
- I had been a long-time subscriber to the Fred Langa Langalist
(http://www.langa.com/backups/backups.htm). I now subscribe to the excellent Windows Secrets newsletter (http://www.windowssecrets.com/). The information provided is very useful.
- I had considered an inexpensive boot manager, partition manager and imaging software (BootIt Next Generation) highly recommended by Fred Langa
(http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/index.htm). But it seemed a bit like overkill for my needs. There is a fully-functioning trial version.
- I regularly consult a complete list of recommended free software on Gizmo's Freeware review (http://www.techsupportalert.com). One recommended free open source defragmenter which I did not use was MyDefrag (http://www.mydefrag.com/).
- download and install the latest version of the Lenovo System Tools (Toolbox). It is very easy to use and can troubleshoot all hardware problems. Search for MIGR-67520 on the Lenovo site.
- you can find Roxio DVD burning software on the Lenovo site (MIGR-72359 on the Lenovo site). I have not installed it yet.
- use the Lenovo System Update to keep your drivers up-to-date.
- for info on how to use switchable graphics, search on the Lenovo site for MIGR-70495.
- for tips on setting battery parameters, http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=320082
Recommendations to Lenovo:
- don't ship poor quality keyboards. You have too much to lose, for the small manufacturing savings.
- don't pre-install trial versions of Office or McAfee. This should be an option and not be forced onto buyers.
- at least ship the HDD with a 40 GB C primary partition and the rest as D: partition. This would make it easier for users who are not technical.
- if you are going to include an integrated camera, provide software to use it. Currently, I have no way of taking a picture or making a video without acquiring other software. The technique described here
(http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-67413) does not work !
- provide some software to reduce the speed of the DVD drive when watching movies. The noise at the default maximum speed is very annoying.
Thinkpad T500 | Model 2081-CTO | Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 (2.53GHz, 1066MHz 3MB L2 Cache) | 4 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 RAM | 15.4" WSXGA+ | ATI Mobility Radeon 3650 (256MB) | 250GB Hitachi HDD (5400rpm) | Bluetooth 2.1 | Integrated Camera | DVD Recordable UltraBay Slim | Intel Wifi Link 5100 | Sony 6-cell Li-Ion battery | Vista Home Premium 32-bit SP1

people complaining about problems installing an office over another office are (dare i say it) stupid. it makes absolutely no sense installing one over the trial version. just uninstall the trial and you'll be fine. every single time.
as for problem with uninstalling mcafee (or any other antivirus, for that matter, just download the uninstaller from the software company e.g. http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?id=TS100507 for mcafee.
that said i believe you get to choose if you want mcafee and/or office when you go through the inital boot, the "on-screen instructions"
you can slow down the odd via power manager
and thanks for the tips on changing the reg to have the user profiles somewhere else!
T400s - 2815RW1 + Win7 Ultimate
Don't pm me for help! That's what the forum is for. Also, Google's nicer than me. Ask him.

Dreamweaver CS6 setup problems

I recently upgraded from CS3 to CS6 and are having some minor issues with setting up a site as well as with certain views.
Site Setup: (first I will explain how I use DW)
I keep all of my customer and my own company sites on an external USB drive in folders named [#Customer sites] and [#Company Sites] respectively. The naming convention is really there just to keep these at the top of the directory listing as access them frequently (the # symbol has never caused any issues with CS3 or previous versions by the way).   I do not ever connect to a remote server nor use any of the built in FTP features in DW as I find they too easily corrupt live websites with the check in/check out feature. So, each website runs 100% on my local computer (with connections to remote DB servers if necessary). I have Win7 Ultimate with IIS installed and running and localhost brings me to the IIS7 page as expected (so we can dispel any issues with IIS). I always set up my testing server to be Local/Network and preview in browser has always worked in the past with no issues. AS far as moving content to the live servers, I have and always will use a separate FTP client for that (never let DW anywhere near FTP)
1) The first thing I noticed after setting up a site is that moving files around (images, CSS, js files), DW will not update any of the links in base files like contact, index, etc. I have removed, re-setup over and over and still no luck here. I do get the prompt to update but it only ask to update links in [ / ] with no file names. This is one of the primary reasons I use DW is that I can update links throughout an entire site but CS6 is not working for me here.
2) Next thing I noticed is that for whatever reason I cannot get 'Live' view to work on even the simplest of web pages. I get a message that states: "Dreamweaver could load the file "M:\". The system reported the error: M:\ contains an incorrect path..".   Again, I have re-checked the setup, the paths in the site definition and all are pointed to the correct location.
I built a simple Fluid Grid page to test feature... here are the relevant site definition settings:
Site name: FluidTest
Local Site Folder: M:\#COMPANY SITES\FluidTest\
Server name: Local
Connect using: Local/Network
Server Folder: M:\#COMPANY SITES\FluidTest
Web URL: http://localhost/fluidtest
Note that I was able to get the Preview in a Browser feature to work once I created a virtual directory under the 'Default Web Site' in IIS but cannot get this to work when I just create it as a new website. Seems localhost only wants to run under the Default website.   Thought about manually turning sites on and off in IIS but should not need to do this with Win7 as IIS is supposed to be able to handle multiple websites. I will likely figure out a work around this annoyance.... just though I would mention it as it is somewhat in context.
Fluid Grid Layout annoyance:
I am sure I am missing a setting somewhere but after creating my simple FluidTest website, I cannot see the Pink Columns in the Grid layout. After uninstalling CS6, removing all traces of Adobe, and re-installing CS6 I still have this issue. I have enable all the Visual Aid settings [ View --> Visual Aids ] and still the Pink Column grid is not visible in any of the layouts for mobile, tablet, or Desktop. Anyone with a solution, please enlighten me.

I know you've used it in the past, but that # symbol is pretty suspicious to me.
Generally speaking DW, and the internet, hate special characters in file paths. Have you tried without it yet?
If you have, and it still doesn't work, I'd reinstall using the Cleaner Tool...
Use the CC Cleaner Tool to solve installation problems | CC, CS3-CS6
Adobe can be contacted here: Contact Customer Care
Depending on the time of day, and availability, you may or may not get a Chat feature after narrowing down your question's category and clicking on the blue "Still Need Help" button. You should see a location specific phone number no matter what, once you've gotten to the big blue button mentioned above.

MAIL setup problems?

My first iPhone will be the new one. Please address my concern with setting up my e-mail accounts, specifically that my two sources of e-mail are both said to be "troublesome" for the iPhone. I use RoadRunner and Microsoft's "Live" (formerly Hotmail) services.
Both accounts are POP and are functioning normally as configured on both my iMac and MacBook, so I believe it a simple operation to get started during my initial iPhone 4 setup. However, when I ask people at the Apple store (physical) and at AT&T, I get frowns, plus the "Well, you may have problems there. . ."
Big question, of course, is what kind of problems, why are they problems, and how can I avoid or lessen the impact of them? Going forward, I will anticipate adding a third source of e-mail, plus one or two from my own Website's host (Bluehost).
Your help is appreciated.

Nobody will be able to comment on how Mail operates on the new iPhone until iOS4 is released on June 21st.
Mail has undergone many changes in the new software so it's impossible to say

User Account Setup Problem

Hi! I finally have Mtn. Lion installed and running! I ran into the "damaged HD" cannot finish install, cannot go back to SL loop that has been discussed here. I was able to fix that issue by information I found here, and I am so grateful!
I now have run into what I hope is a simple question. After setting up my user account, I went to setup the wife and kids. They did not have seperate user accounts prior to the upgrade, they just used mine. Since this was an upgraded OS, I decided to set them up their own accounts. I did that with no problem, the only thing is, I cannot change their login pictures without loading a new image in. The default are not loaded, I can find them in the library and add them one by one, but I was just wondering if there was a way to to load the whole group?
Thanks in advance!

Hi Ernie,
One other point that is relevant is that this problem is occuring on two Macs.
In answer to your questions:
1. Yes there are other .Mac accounts
2. Not sure about this one but I doubt it since the client doesn't usually muck around with the fonts but they do move some Applications to a separate folder.
3. It is the version distributed with 10.4 and all updates to 10.4.6 have been applied. I will get the client to confirm the Apple Mail version.
4. No that is something I haven't tried. I will ask the client to try this.
Thanks for your reply.
Also I've jsut tried to set the account up on a Mac with Mail version 2.1 (752/752.2) and again it failed with the same error message. This Mac has nothing to do with the affected client, and I've tried this one to eliminate any problems with moved Applications or font problems. On this same machine I set the account up in Entourage and it worked no problem. The mail server is OS X Server with 10.4.
Damian Halloran.

Visa Read problem from a PIC24's UART port

Thanks for taking the time to read my post.
I am using Labview 8 on Win XP CPU 3.4, 2GB RAM PC.
I am using a microcontroller PIC24 (on the Explorer 16 development board), which I have programmed to acquire an AC singal at a rate of about 4 kHz. The PIC24 has a 10bit ADC and the acquire value is then padded to16bits in total (format: 000000xxxxxxxxxx).
The serial setting for the pic and my Labview program are 115200, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit.
In order to send the acquired value to my PCs serial port (Remember UART = 8-bits of data only) I divide the 16 bit word into MSB and LSB. I then send the MSB and LSB 8-bit value one after the other.
The total data rate for this communication is about 64kbps.
The problem is that when I run the code I have written in Labview the CPU usage shoot up to 70% and I also see buffer overruns (a non continuous sine wave). If I a time delay in my while loop the buffer overruns increase.
Also if I try and use the ‘bytes at port’ VI the data I get is meaningless.
I would be grateful if someone can look at my code and give me some suggestion as to how I could make the ‘Visa Read’ VI more efficient.
Regards
Alex
Attachments:
Serial Client for PIC24.vi ‏101 KB

Dear all,
I do not know if you have been following my post, but I am still getting buffer overruns (a non continuous sine wave) when using VISA Serial Read.
The only way to avoid this, is by making the VISA Read VI, read 2-bytes at a time (with no time delay in the main while loop). However, when I do this I see the CPU usage shoot up to around 60% (which is something I would expect anyway, as the main while loop is executing as fast as possible).
I have attached the working code below and would appreciate ANY comments BIG or small.
I am still puzzled as to why when I connect the ‘Bytes at Port’ Property Node, the data I get is not correct.
I have gone through the Labview Examples, as well as the LV Basics 1 course examples (which are similar) and I have also looked in the Labview for Everyone / Labview Graphical Programming books.
However, I have found the examples to be far too simple, for what I am trying to achieve.
I am seriously thinking of purchasing the LV Instrument Control Self-Paced Course, but I am not quite certain this would help me much. I have read the Course outline provided by NI, but this did not provide me with more valuable information.
Can anyone that has ‘done’ this course advice me as to whether the material contains info on ‘high’ speed acquisition using VISA Serial Read/Write?
The course is slightly price at a cost of around £240(with academic discount) and as far as I understand the courses examples (might) use two HP instruments (Multimeter and Function Generator) and a Tektronix oscilloscope, all of which I am not in direct contact with.
Regards
Alex
Attachments:
Serial Client PIC24-Serial - Read 2-bytes.vi ‏42 KB

AirPort Express with PC -- Setup Problems

Hi
Just wanted to share my experience -- I wasted most of a day getting my AirPort Express network up. Problem was, the setup software assumes that you have a wireless card in your PC. If, like me, you have a simple ethernet connection to a wireless router, then the program apparently has no way of finding the AirPort Express.
After hours of fumbling with suggestions on this forum, I finally found the tech support number and we figured out that I needed to run the setup program on my laptop, which does have a wireless card.
I would STRONGLY encourage Apple to re-write its setup software to recognize this very common hardware configuration and work with it, lest more customers waste more of their time. I was THIS CLOSE to angrily returning the box. Now that it's up, I really love it, but I almost didn't get there.
AirPort Express Windows XP No wireless card -- ethernet connection to wireless router
Airport Express Windows XP No wireless card -- ethernet connection to wireless router

I had the same problem as you did with the setup of the AX from a PC connected to the router by Ethernet. I was able to run the setup by using the "Other ..." button at the bottom of the Base Station Chooser and giving it the IP address of the AX.
Does iTunes on the PC connected to the router by Ethernet find the AX? It doesn't for me. It works great from my other 3 PCs that are connected to the network by wireless. Of course, the PC with the problem is the one across the family room from the stereo ...

Initial Setup Problems

I am setting up a Mac Mini Server 10.6 for our small school. We have been using 10.3 server for a number of years as a simple file server only.
I want to try out managed preferences and network home directories. I had some initial success with managed preferences but seem to have messed things up trying for network home directories.
Here are some things I am seeing.
In WGM, I delete users and they disappear but when I start up WGM again, they reappear.
When I setup my test client to login and show local and network users, only the local users show up. I do see the network users if I click on a local user and then click on the back button.
I can no longer login to a network account at login or from a finder window. I get a vague "error logging in" message.
I also could not set up my older 10.4 (Tiger) clients to bind to the server using Directory Utility. Is this possible? Ideally, I want managed preferences for 10.4, 10.5, and 10.6 clients.
Thanks for any help.

Good site, Jeff... I'll check it out.
I got everything running after a few problems. A couple of the things I hit are well known bugs such as displaying network and local users and deleting users.
I had a couple of problems.
1) The DNS entry for my server was not entered on both network ports on my client. It needs to be first on all ports.
2) I had turned off access to AFP for some users inadvertently, which resulting in login problems. This took a while to find as I was looking for home directory and kerberos problems.
3) I had to automount the user's sharepoints, not just the container (/Users) folder for automount to work.

Remote Delta link setup problem with Bean / Access Service

Hello,
I am trying to setup Remote Delta Link (RDL) between two portals. (Both portals same version - EP 7.0 EHP1 SP 05 - are in the same domain)
I already have the Remote Role Assignment working without any issues.
The following have been done successfully:
1. Same user repository has been setup for both the portals
2. Setup trust between producer and consumer (SSO working fine)
3. Producer added and registered succesfully on consumer
4. Permissions setup on producer and consumer
4. pcd_service user with required UME actions setup
I am able to see all the remote content in the Consumer portal.
When I try to copy the remote content and paste it as local content, I am getting the following error:
Could not create remote delta link to object 'page id'. Could not connect to the remote portal. The remote portal may be down, there may be a network problem, or your connection settings to the remote portal may be configured incorrectly.
After increasing the log severity, I am able to see the following in Default Trace:
com.sap.portal.fpn.transport.Trying to lookup access service (P4-RMI) for connecting to producer 'ess_int' with information: com.sap.portal.fpn.remote.AccessServiceInformation@31c92207[connectionURL=hostname.mycompany.com:50004, shouldUseSSL=false, RemoteName=AccessService]
com.sap.portal.fpn.transport.Unable to lookup access service (P4-RMI) with information: com.sap.portal.fpn.remote.AccessServiceInformation@31c92207[connectionURL=hostname.mycompany.com:50004, shouldUseSSL=false, RemoteName=AccessService]
AbstractAdvancedOperation.handleDirOperationException
[EXCEPTION]
com.sap.portal.pcm.admin.exceptions.DirOperationFailedException: Could not retrieve the bean / access service to connect with producer
Could not retrieve the bean / access service to connect with producer
Like you can see above, there is some bean / access service which is not retrieved successfully. I am not sure if this is a permission problem on the consumer.
I have checked that the P4 ports are configured correctly (standard - not changed) and I am able to telnet from producer to consumer (and vice versa) on the P4 port.
I am stuck at this point and am not able to find any information on this.
I would really appreciate if some one can point me in the right direction.
Thank you for reading.
- Raj

Hi Raj,
Please check your config of the P4 port on the producer. Is it really 50004 (check SystemInfo of the producer)?
I do think there's a problem with the P4 communication since RDL requires P4 connection.
Do you have load balanced consumer-producer connection? Please refer to this blog for further details
Little known ways to create a load balanced Consumer Producer connection in a FPN scenario
Regards,
Dao

Simple VISA Setup Problem

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for