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Flex upgrade 3.5.8 New CAT error

Hi, Just upgraded to 3.5.8. Now I am seeing the CAT error below when I shut down the program. Cat seems to work fine and this only occurs on shut down. This is the first time I have seen this error.
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Here is my system info...
PowerShell 7.3.6
PS C:\Users\w8beu> systeminfo
Host Name: W8BE
OS Name: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
OS Version: 10.0.22631 N/A Build 22631
OS Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
OS Configuration: Standalone Workstation
OS Build Type: Multiprocessor Free
Registered Owner:
Registered Organization:
Product ID:
Original Install Date: 5/11/22, 1:59:08 PM
System Boot Time: 8/9/23, 7:06:00 AM
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: Z390 AORUS PRO WIFI
System Type: x64-based PC
Processor(s): 1 Processor(s) Installed.
[01]: Intel64 Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 13 GenuineIntel ~3600 Mhz
BIOS Version: American Megatrends Inc. F10, 6/5/19
Windows Directory: C:\WINDOWS
System Directory: C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device: \Device\HarddiskVolume13
System Locale: en-us;English (United States)
Input Locale: en-us;English (United States)
Time Zone: (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Total Physical Memory: 32,703 MB
Available Physical Memory: 25,728 MB
Virtual Memory: Max Size: 37,567 MB
Virtual Memory: Available: 27,040 MB
Virtual Memory: In Use: 10,527 MB
Page File Location(s): C:\pagefile.sys
Domain: WORKGROUP
Logon Server: \\W8BE
Hotfix(s): 9 Hotfix(s) Installed.
[01]: KB5028948
[02]: KB5007297
[03]: KB5012170
[04]: KB5015669
[05]: KB5018863
[06]: KB5023595
[07]: KB5027397
[08]: KB5029359
[09]: KB5029361
Network Card(s): 2 NIC(s) Installed.
[01]: Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9560 160MHz
Connection Name: Wi-Fi
Status: Hardware not present
[02]: Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (7) I219-V
Connection Name: Eth0
DHCP Enabled: Yes
DHCP Server: 192.168.0.1
IP address(es)
[01]: 192.168.0.xx
Hyper-V Requirements: A hypervisor has been detected. Features required for Hyper-V will not be displayed.
Comments
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I figured out the issue. It seems that 3.5.8 was throwing the error for my PTT on COM3. I did not have the foot switch connected and this is why I was getting a null error. I connected the foot switch and then deleted the com port and now when CAT is working normally. However this has been introduced in 3.5.8. I have never been required to keep a connected usb port connected to the CAT program. I would speculate that the developers missed handling null values in the new code.
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I opened a ticket with Flex and they advised this is not a bug as I was using a com port to send cat commands to SmartSDR. The issue of the program throwing an exception error due to a null device in my opinion is valid. If this was normal behavior this should have been occurring before 3.5.8. Exception handling is a normal coding issue that needs to be accounted for by the developers.
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I lost about half of my MANY CAT ports from the Upgrade to 3.5.8 so check your SmartCat and make sure all the CAT Ports your Software uses are still there.
I always copy my CAT settings file when I make a change over to a different location so I can easily restore thing when they Break which they have done over the last 10 years a time or two.
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