"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:05:29 Z

hi all

I have installed sdk for the 6.0 mobiles.When ever i start the program "Cellular Emulator" the error comes as
"COM 17 is used , please verify"
The things i have done so far
    I read the same topic in Chinese here (with google translation here )
    Result : After uninstalling of blue tooth also no result

    i listed all the comm ports and got this result

AUX = \DosDevices\COM1
COM1 = \Device\Serial0
COM17 = \Device\VCom17
COM18 = \Device\VCom18
COM19 = \Device\VCom19
COM20 = \Device\VCom20
COM27 = \Device\VCom27
COM3 = \Device\VCom3
COM4 = \Device\VCom4
COM5 = \Device\VCom5

My machine does have vs2005 / and it has os of windows xp professional

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide

bye
aryasheel

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:51:50 Z

Dear aryasheel,

Could you please check if COM17 has been occupied by other application?

Thanks,

Zero Dai - MSFT

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:24:43 Z

Zero Dai - MSFT wrote:

Dear aryasheel,

Could you please check if COM17 has been occupied by other application?

Thanks,

Zero Dai - MSFT

I checked and the result is also there in the first post , what i donot know how to take it out i mean close that com17 port

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Fri, 25 May 2007 16:46:07 Z

I'm having the same exact issue, all ports appear to be free.

Any help would be appreciated.

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Tue, 29 May 2007 02:29:33 Z

I have the same issue on Vista 32.

Anybody found what is the problem?

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:26:02 Z

Same problem here, com17 in use. I have no known application using com17 but would it be possible to try and change which ports cellular emulator is looking at?

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:21:13 Z

Same problem (except COM18 here). My Bluetooth stack uses a pile of COM ports, including COM18. Can I configure the Cellular Emulator to use another port? I didn't see anything in the XML files referencing COM18.

...R

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:13:33 Z

An update: COM18 is NOT in use on my PC. The error message is hardly helpful ("please verify" then the app dies). Anyone resolve this? I need the emulator. Thanks!

...R

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:46:37 Z

I'm having the same issue. Brand new Dell Latitude, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, VPN, WinXP Pro, VS2005, latest SP's and security updates. COM17 is not listed as an installed port in the device manager.

Please advise...this really isn't a show stopper, but it's annoying as hell.

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:18:42 Z

Same with me... its frustrating :-(

Ian

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 23:29:54 Z

After diggining into this further, Toshiba's Bluetooth Stack (sounds familiar) is setting COM17 aside for use with it's own services. Removal of the software, editing the ini files to omit com17, and stripping any reference to com17 out of the registry has had no effect. I still receive the error... COM17 is...whatever.

Will this not run on a laptop, or is there some obscure startup switch I have to switch like the network home vs. corp, or the above 3Gig RAM?

The SPY (and other included tools) start up just fine and bring up the (a) virtual device.

Please advise...Thnks.

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:07:07 Z

After messing with this issue all day. I have found a solution that worked for me, YMMV. In this instance I am using the Standard SDK Refresh.

1 - Uninstall the SDK. If you get a message saying that COMxx is in use or something similar, Disable the System Devices -> XPVCOM Port device in Device Manager and reboot. Repeat Uninstall.

2 - Verify that you have 14 COM ports available in the 3-32 range. (I had a USB bluetooth module installed that I had to uninstall to free up these ports.)

3 - Reinstall SDK and reboot

These steps allowed me to get the cellular emulator running without the error message. I was also able to reinstall the bluetooth module without impacting cellular emulator. Hope that helps.

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:36:34 Z

After 1.000.000 if try, nothing to do, I followed also the instruction of Dystracted but nothing to do.

How is possible that Microsoft leave us in trouble without help us ??

Giuseppe

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 07:14:35 Z

Hi Zero,

there is some application help to check which application use the COM17 ??

Giuseppe

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:18:07 Z

Hi Lads,

I had the same problem with my Dell Lattitude D630. Modem was using COM3. I disabled modem in DeviceManager, reinstalled Windows Mobile 6 Standard SDK Refresh (option repair) and it worked.
I hope it helps.

Kind Regards

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:26:19 Z

Michal Golka wrote:

yes i did the same - and now it works

but after the cellular emulator it running - there are additional steps to do http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb158502.aspx

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:51:58 Z

Michal Golka wrote:

It works ! Thanks a lot Michal

by Walter

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:42:55 Z

Hi all,

It also worked for me!
I had disabled bluetooth device in device manager, re-install SDK, and then all goes fine.

Regards

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:33:18 Z

Hi, same here, COM17.

I don't want to disable modems (internet) and uninstall bluetooth. Couldn't it just use another port?

Jan

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:18:32 Z

Hi,

I have a very simple solution to this problem.
No need to Uninstall and install anything.

1. Just disable Bluetooth or Modem whichever is using the COM port.
2. Run the following commands in command prompt:

"C:\Program Files\Windows Mobile 6 SDK\Tools\Cellular Emulator\InstallXPVCom.exe UnInstall"

"C:\Program Files\Windows Mobile 6 SDK\Tools\Cellular Emulator\InstallXPVCom.exe Install"

3. Start the Cellular Emulator
4. Now you can enable ur disabled device

I hope this will be helpful....

Regards
Avinash

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:17:33 Z

I am having same problem any solution so far from M$?

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:37:11 Z

Hi I have disabled all the COM ports that other useful applications are using and now I can use cell emulator (penny for pound). I think it uses COM port upto COM28. I think they should use some other ports (or at least it should not be hardcoded to use some particular ports) so that cell emulator can live peacefully with other usefull applications.

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:23:22 Z

If someone is still in trouble with this, I've just solved my problem by simply doing this :

- Open Regedit
- Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\xpvcom\history\group
- Double-Click on the entry named '6', the one with a value equal to 'COM17<-->COM27'
- Clear the value so that you still have the entry named 6 but data is empty
- Start Cellular Emulator

:)

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:47:19 Z

If someone is still in trouble with this, I've just solved my problem by simply doing this :

- Open Regedit
- Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\xpvcom\history\group
- Double-Click on the entry named '6', the one with a value equal to 'COM17<-->COM27'
- Clear the value so that you still have the entry named 6 but data is empty
- Start Cellular Emulator

:)

You Rock... This really worked. I was having Com17 problem and it is gone now

taurean

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:08:17 Z

Thanks Avi,

This worked for me and best part is without re installation.

Cheers!

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:53:40 Z

If someone is still in trouble with this, I've just solved my problem by simply doing this :

- Open Regedit
- Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\xpvcom\history\group
- Double-Click on the entry named '6', the one with a value equal to 'COM17<-->COM27'
- Clear the value so that you still have the entry named 6 but data is empty
- Start Cellular Emulator

:)
You Rock... This really worked. I was having Com17 problem and it is gone now

taurean

dude you are awesome, i tried so hard to figure out what to do n your tip worked except mine was for com10.

"Cellular Emulator" com17 problem

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:49:24 Z

your genious man, it solved my problem, the only thing that i am getting COM 6 error.
BTW, how did you get it,

gr8 work man...hats off...

Thanks,
Prashanth