Set RR to close a program ... not hide

**drPheta** · 08-17-2006, 04:33 PM

How do I have RR close my GPS software when I close that particular skin/window?

For example, my IG3 will not recognize my USB GPS after hibernating if I leave it open before hibernating. This isn't like all the other problems with hibernate and USB GPS units. I've tried to use Devcon to shutdown the USB ports before hibernate, and then after resume Devcon reactivates them.

This doesn't fix my problem with IGuidance 3 not detecting the GPS unit after resume. This is what happens.

Scenario 1:
Initial boot. Open IG3, GPS recognized automatically.
Terminate (actually exiting it) IG3 ---> hibernate ---> resume ---> open IG3... voila, my GPS is detected no problem

Scenario 2:
Initial boot. Open IG3, GPS recognized yada yada.
Leave IG3 open ---> hibernate ---> resume ---> IG3 is still open because I didn't shut it down... where'd my GPS unit go? ---> unplug USB GPS --->replug USB GPS ---> IG3 sees it again.

Like I said, shutting down the USB using Devcon didn't fix scenario 2. What I did was go to device manager, and looked at what happens when you unplug the USB. It seems that the COM port is resetting when you unplug the USB physically. Shutting it down with Devcon doesn't reset the COM port. BTW, my GPS is set on COM 4.

Is there anyway to fix this? If not, how can I set RR to close IG3 when I close out of the GPS skin?

**b8bboi** · 08-17-2006, 04:36 PM

just have a button that says "CLOSE" (instead of "EXIT"). It's all in Skin Commands.txt.

**MGD** · 08-17-2006, 04:36 PM

On your Exit button use the Command "CLOSEWINDOW;iGuidance"

**drPheta** · 08-17-2006, 04:43 PM

I'm running CDR's Freedom skin. No commands.txt file. I can't find any line associated with the close button of the GPS.

**thanatos106** · 08-17-2006, 05:05 PM

He meant the .txt file that comes with RR

Thanatos.

**MatrixPC** · 08-17-2006, 05:17 PM

What is the brand/model/name of your usb gps? You may have to fix that instead of software fix. Most of usb and hibernation problem can be solved with driver update. Post the model and maybe someone with that same model can help you out.

**drPheta** · 08-17-2006, 05:20 PM

The GPS is a Pharos GPS-360, the one that comes with MS S&T 2006

**MatrixPC** · 08-17-2006, 05:26 PM

You can try to look at the ExecTBL.ini file
There are 2 commands already in there.
ONSUSPEND and ONRESUME.

"ONSUSPEND","EXEC CLOSEWINDOW;iGuidance"
"ONRESUME","EXEC GPS"

BTW, if you use the above commands with the beta release in Iguidance RR native thread, it may not work (meaning iG won't shutdown).

**drPheta** · 08-17-2006, 05:33 PM

Yeah, I'm using the beta release for iG, and those commands didn't help. Thanks for the suggestion, though. I think I'll just shutdown rather than hibernate. An extra 30 seconds isn't going to kill me.