I'd invest in a USB midi interface...I use a 2X2 Midiman Midisport for my Triton and G-1000 (with some additional "thrus" if I need additional midi-based hardware)...but sounds like you've got quite a bit of equip., so you'll find a USB Unit "a dream"! grandaddy http://lifechangersmusic.com http://lifechangemusic.com http://thefloridastore.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Snyder" <tim@...> To: <logic-users@onelist.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 2:16 AM Subject: [LUG] The Dongle Messes Up My COM Port: What do you all do about this?? > From: Tim Snyder <tim@...> > > I have LAWP on a PIII 550. It seems the presence of my Emagic dongle > is killing my COM port once I have run Logic. > > Here's the configuration: > COM1 is my Logic dongle (priorities : ); > COM3 is my modem; > COM2 is my Opcode Studio 64X MIDI interface. > > I cannot run the modem on COM4, for it then makes the MIDI interface > unusable. (I tried it. I know that COM1 and COM3 share an IRQ, as do > COM2 and COME4.) So, I switched the modem to COM3, and, voila!, all > worked out fine. > > ...until I tried running Logic, _then_ the modem. It seems that once > I run Logic, the modem is rendered dysfunctional. (Win98 reports there > is a hardware problem with the modem.) The only way to get the modem > back is to reboot. I can, however, restart Logic without a problem. > > How do you all configure your modem port selections?? > > Thanks/Best, > Tim > tim@... > PS: The modem is an "AOPEN_FM56-ITU2_56000."