[APBeta] Startup and scope control

[Bruce Pipes]

On Aug 14, 2009, at 1:43 PM, Paul Rodman wrote:

>>
>> Hmmm....this is puzzling. As I said, I saw it once before, but I  
>> did not know what was causing it. Since the wireless network is  
>> being used for the control of other scopes, could AP be seeing that  
>> traffic and trying to make a scope connection or something like that.
>
> Definitely not, unless somehow your Mac is interpreting the  
> connection as a serial port. Do you have any strange entries in your  
> serial port list?

I don't think so, but I am not sure. I'll check the next time I am out.

>
> Do you have Bluetooth enabled on the Mac?

Nope.

> If you do, and a Bluetooth device that is usually connected is not  
> currently available, it can cause a big delay at startup while the  
> device times out. Ditto for cellular connections. This "bug" (mainly  
> on Windows) is a bug in the compiler framework. It is known about,  
> but difficult to fix for every situation.