Astro RSS / MS DOS Problem

[isarchief]

I have installed Astro RSS 9.05 on an old 150mhz laptop that I use all the time to program GP300 and GTX radios. My problem is that when I boot to DOS and type the command to run the RSS I get this
C:\MRSS\ASTRO>RUNTIME -o ASTRO.ODB

and the pc freezes and I have to do a hard re-boot.

Any clues what might be going on here?

It opens fine in a dos window, but it will not read the radio in that environment and I don't trust it to try and write to a radio in a dos window.

Thanks guys

CB
KG4CAN

[RKG]

Your problem is that you are calling the batch file from a directory other than the directory that has the runtime library in it. The .exe file only looks in the default directory.

Two solutions. First, move the batch file to the directory that has the program files, manually change the default directory to that directory, and then call the batch file.

Much preferred (if you understand batch files): modify the batch file to insert the line:

cd c:\<path to the directory with the program files>

up front and the lines:

cd c:\
cls

with no carriage return after the "cls", at the end.

Now you can call the batch file from any directory in your PATH and it will switch to the proper default directory before calling the RSS. When you exit the RSS, the batch will resume control, reset the default to the root, clear the screen, and then exit back to the DOS prompt (supplied by command.com).

[tvsjr]

It appears to be in the right directory.

ISAR - try this. Boot to dos. Type "CD \MRSS\ASTRO". Enter. Type "runtime -o astrom.odb" (for Astro Mobile, replace m with p for portable). Hit enter. Does the computer still freeze?

It sounds to me like the DOS extender app is causing the computer to freeze for whatever reason.

[isarchief]

Thanks for the ideas guys, they really got me thinking about the config. I set the exe file to only load in DOS by default anf the changed the DOS parameters in CONFIG.SYS to this

DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /V

DOS=HIGH

BUFFERS=20

FILES=20

STACKS=9,512

Then I set the AUTOEXEC.BAT to this
PROMPT $P$G
SET PATH=C:\DOS;
SET TEMP=C:\TEMP

Found the info on that at http://www.hpaa.com/moslo/motorola_rssflow.htm#codeplug

Thanks again guys.