Several places have info re running the Alinco software. There was not anything that worked right out of the box for Windows 10.
Main info from Alinco: http://www.alinco.com/Products/rcv/DJ-X11/utildown.html
How to install due to OCX error: http://www.hamradioscience.com/fixing-alincos-dj-x11-cloning-and-remote-control-software-mscomm32-ocx-error/
Windows 10 fix: https://blogs.sap.com/2014/10/02/how-to-registeractivate-activex-component-mscomm32ocx-on-windows-7/
Be sure to follow all of the registartion steps in the windows 10 fix. Including the “what to do if there is an error” at the last step.
I put the file in the sysWOW64 folder and ran the cmd.exe found in that folder. And had to the described error which went away after doing the last regsrv step descripted by the SAP guy.
Just in case the stuff goes away….here is a copy (be sure to try the original first!….give them their add dollars!)
From hamradioscience link above….but does not quite work with Windows 10…….
If you own an Alinco DJ-X11 and have downloaded the provided cloning software or remote software you may have noticed that you may get a “run time error 339, Component MSCOMM32.OCX or one of it’s dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or corrupt” error. This is more likely to happen if you run the programs under Vista or Windows 7.
The problem is that it looks like that the Alinco remote control program and the cloning utility was written in Visual Basic. The runtime that programs that were distributed do not install the MSCOMM32.OCX component needed for serial communications. MSCOMM32.OCX is no longer distributed with later versions of windows. You will need to Google MSCOMM32.OCX and find a place to download it. Once you have the file you will need to do the following:
1. Copy the file to your windows/system32 directory
2. Go to the Start Menu/Accessories/Run
3. Enter regsvr32/C:/Windows/System32/MSCOMM32.OCX
The program should tell you the file was registered.
You should now be able to run the Remote Control Program and the Cloning Utility
From the SAP link. This fixes the Windows 10 issue…………..
Go to the link http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/mscomm32.cab and download the file mscomm32.ocx
- If you are running Windows on 32 bit machine Copy the file that you have downloaded to C:\Windows\System32 folder.
- However, if you are running windows on 64 bit machine then copy this file in C:\Windows\SysWOW64 folder (<<<<<<<<<I DID THIS)
How to activate / re-register MSCOMM32.OCX from an elevated command prompt (Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8):
- Click the Start button.
- Type “command” in the search box… DO NOT hit ENTER yet!
- While holding CTRL-Shift on your keyboard, hit ENTER.
- You will be prompted with a permission dialog box.
- Click Yes.
- Make sure you have changed the path to C:\Windows\System32 if you are on 32 bit machine
- or C:\Windows\ SysWOW64 if you are on 64 bit machine
- Type the following command: regsvr32 /u MSCOMM32.OCX.
- Hit ENTER. This will UN-REGISTER your file.
- Type the following command: regsvr32 /i MSCOMM32.OCX.
- Hit ENTER.
- If this gives any error the type the following regsvr32 MSCOMM32.OCX.
- Hit ENTER. This will RE-REGISTER your file.
- Close the command prompt window.
- Re-start the system.