Hi Dennis,
1. Yes, I am the one with the HP Spectre. However, I am not using it for Logic. After my old desktop computer quit (failed CPU, I believe), I set up Logic on an old laptop computer using Windows Vista for temporary use. Now, I have a new desktop computer running Windows 10 Pro. This new desktop computer is the computer I was using when I sent you my last report about the error messages. I continue to use this desktop computer with Logic. I reported the non-communications with sound card error message, again, as I am now seeing it on the new computer, also. The modified logic79.exe file fixes it, but disables sound.
OK, thanks, that is why the check mark in the Enable Sound check box went away after I checked it and received the error message. You designed that way!
2. The software program CCUser is used for DX packet cluster spotting. It was developed by VE7CC. It is a free program. You can see it here:
http://www.bcdxc.org/ve7cc/default.htm#prog
The software download is near the bottom of this site. One can set up CCUser to send the spots it receives on to a logging program. In CCUser, within the Configuration menu, go to Ports/Logging Program. This is where one can define a location to send incoming spots. The default is to use Telnet and Port 7300. Then, within Logic, its Telnet Form is setup to receive those spots by defining the URL. I use: 127.0.0.1 :7300 and then connecting Logic to CCUser. When this is done, spots showing up in the CCUser display will also show up in the Login Spot Log. CCUser is very helpful. It interfaces with a DX cluster node and makes changes to the node easy, such as changing filtering for specific bands, specific states, etc. It has other very useful features, such as showing a spots line in different color for each bands. Seeing 6 Meter spots in red makes a band opening very apparent. CCUser and Logic complement each other and work well together, similar to Logic and TRX-Manager.
I am not a software programmer. I am a little handicapped when trying to describe what I see to you. I do not think that CCUser is the problem (my guess). It seems that if CCUser and Logic are left idle for some time, a couple of hours or overnight, I get the error message. I get the impression that something is timing out, powering down or going to sleep where the spots stop getting to Logic. Clearing the error message(s) using the error message Ignore button causes the spots to update in Logic. The spots do not stop in CCUser.
3. It does not seem to matter what callbook is used. I keep QRZ.com Subscription at the top of the callbook list. I have tried rearranging them. I still get the error message. I get the error message when I enter a call sign and hit Enter on my keyboard. I also get the error message when I enter a call sign and click on the callbook drop down list to select a different callbook.
4. See #3 for CCUser information. I should note that VE7CC also has a DX Cluster node software program. This program is not free. His node software has some extra features. If you use CCUser to connect to a node using his node software (such as VE7CC-1), it will use those extra features.
Last, you mentioned checking the type of COM ports I use. I do not use USB to RS-232 adapters. I have had a lot of grief from them in the past, such as having my computer reboot in a random manner when they are connected. Sometimes they work for some devices and sometimes they do not work. My desktop computer has a SIIG DP CyberSerial 4S PCIe card. It supplies four COM ports. I have found this much more reliable, although resolving COM port conflicts is sometimes a pain. This is one of the reasons I have stayed with desktop computers for some of my computer needs. My COM ports seem to function correctly, currently.
73,
John