Flex upgrade 3.5.8 New CAT error

Mick W8BE · August 2023

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.

Mick W8BE · August 2023

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.

Mick W8BE · August 2023

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.

WX7Y · August 2023

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.

Flex upgrade 3.5.8 New CAT error

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