tony:

Try the front panel off/on then; see if that works. I thought it was the back panel power that was required; but it has been a while.

It's possible that your serial port isn't properly recovering from the power cycle to detect the availability.

Best,

Surround Music Fan/Computer Geek/Curmudgeon in training.
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