LinkPlanner crashes during opening a project

WIN 10. Just updated to version 5.6.4 and after it opens, I’ll try loading a file or a new project. The project loads, and the left-hand window show good information, but then, it crashes (probably loading the Google map). checked to see if their were any remnants of earlier versions, but no luck. It also complains occasionally about the LinkPlanner.exe.log file that it can’t modify.

Any clues as to a fix?

Try this fix from syadom - Link Planner google maps crash, resolution?.

I use both Malwarebytes and Bit Defender. I incorporated both suggestions excluding the application as well as the LinkPlanner folder. Still crashing.

Here’s the event viewer listing:

Faulting application name: LinkPlanner.exe, version: 5.6.4.0, time stamp: 0x54a38eca
Faulting module name: atl.DLL, version: 3.5.2284.0, time stamp: 0xdfcad7b4
Exception code: 0xc000041d
Fault offset: 0x0000000000006855
Faulting process id: 0x2ea8
Faulting application start time: 0x01d875348303325c
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Cambium Networks\LINKPlanner\LinkPlanner.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\atl.DLL
Report Id: 7c5d4346-4315-482e-9166-bd658df3a60d
*Faulting package full name: *
Faulting package-relative application ID:

Run the console version of LINKPlanner and send the console output to linkplanner@cambiumnetworks.com.

  • Click Start - Run (Windows Key + R)
  • Enter “cmd” in the Open box and click OK
  • Navigate to your installation directory, e.g.
    • cd “c:\Program Files\Cambium Networks\LINKPlanner”
  • Run the executable “LinkPlannerConsole.exe”

That will display warning messages in the output, which you can ignore. The important information will be just as it crashes.

Thanks,

Andy

Good news in a surprising twist.

Strangely enough, it actually works via LinkPlannerConsole.exe. Load the file, and everything runs smoothly.

But as posted earlier, running LinkPlanner.exe followed by loading a file still results in a crash.

Any insight as to why that would be?

I’m not sure why it would work with the console version, but not the regular exe. Originally you mentioned that you saw the error with the “LinkPlanner.exe.log” file. When you run the console version it should display the error messages that cannot be saved to the exe.log file (Windows prevents applications from writing to the Program Files directory).

This error usually appears if there is an error before the normal LINKPlanner log files have been configured. Can you email your log files to linkplanner@cambiumnetworks.com? To locate your log files:

  • Click Start → Run (or Windows Key + R)
  • Enter “%APPDATA%\LINKPlanner” in the “Open” text box
  • Send me all of the “cambium_linkplanner” log files

Many of the log files are numbered, but make sure to include the “.log” file with no number at the end since that is the most recent file.

Thanks,

Andy

So, I’ve successfully have been running the alternative suggestion LinkPlannerConsole.exe (v5.6.5) and today it started exhibiting the same symptoms (load the project file and then it crashes).

So, falling back on the old fashion method of removing and reinstalling v5.6.5, I tried running it again and now it works, like it should have originally.

I’m thinking now that this is something on my machine, since the symptoms occurred randomly on both types of programs; I suspect it’s my computer protection software. So, we’ll see what happens down the road.

I’ve had this issue off and on as well. Brand new W10 install and installed version 5.6.5. Set up user information and linked path profile. If I try to open an existing file, or even try to create a new project the program closes. This happened on one other machine when I tried going from version 4 to 5. I never got 5 to work on that machine so I went back to 4 which worked fine. That was under W8.1. Then I wiped the machine and installed W10 and version 5 worked fine. Now on a different machine I am having the crash issue again. So you aren’t alone. I tried running the console.exe but it displays no output, just the blank window and it still crashes when creating a new project.

So I just uninstalled 5.6.5 and installed 5.4.0 which is what I was running on the old PC and that one is working fine.

Since 5.4.0 works, but the later versions don’t then the issue seems to have started when we started building LINKPlanner on Windows 10 rather than Windows 7. Try removing these DLLs:

• Open Explorer and navigate to the LINKPlanner installation directory (the default is C:\Program Files\Cambium Networks\LINKPlanner)
• Delete MPR.dll and MSWSOCK.dll

Note that you will need administrator privileges on the computer to do this.

Thanks,

Andy

I just tested this and the program still exits silently when creating a new project. linkplnnerconsole.exe is at least now giving output however the console window exits when the program does and nothing new appears in the window before exiting. Below is the log file.

2022-08-09 08:43:35 INFO      link_planner.wxapp.application_base  Application starting: 5.6.5/Windows-10-10.0.19041
2022-08-09 08:43:35 INFO      link_planner.wxapp.application_base  architecture: ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
2022-08-09 08:43:35 INFO      link_planner.wxapp.application_base  machine: AMD64
2022-08-09 08:43:35 INFO      link_planner.wxapp.application_base  node: cct-office98a
2022-08-09 08:43:35 INFO      link_planner.wxapp.application_base  processor: Intel64 Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 9, GenuineIntel
2022-08-09 08:43:35 INFO      link_planner.wxapp.application_base  python_version: 2.7.18
2022-08-09 08:43:35 INFO      link_planner.wxapp.application_base  release: 10
2022-08-09 08:43:35 INFO      link_planner.wxapp.application_base  system: Windows
2022-08-09 08:43:35 INFO      link_planner.wxapp.application_base  version: 10.0.19041
2022-08-09 08:43:35 INFO      link_planner.wxapp.application_base  uname: ('Windows', 'cct-office98a', '10', '10.0.19041', 'AMD64', 'Intel64 Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 9, GenuineIntel')
2022-08-09 08:43:35 INFO      link_planner.model.remote_config     Loading config from C:\Users\x\AppData\Roaming\LINKPlanner\config.cfg
2022-08-09 08:43:35 WARNING   link_planner.model.remote_config     Failed to find link_planner/privacy_url in config file
2022-08-09 08:43:35 WARNING   link_planner.model.remote_config     Using default for link_planner/privacy_url: https://www.cambiumnetworks.com/privacy-policy/
2022-08-09 08:43:35 WARNING   link_planner.model.remote_config     Failed to find link_planner_beta/latest_version in config file
2022-08-09 08:43:35 WARNING   link_planner.model.remote_config     Failed to find link_planner_beta/download_url in config file
2022-08-09 08:43:35 WARNING   link_planner.model.remote_config     Failed to find icon_url/url in config file
2022-08-09 08:43:35 WARNING   link_planner.model.remote_config     Using default for icon_url/url: http://linkplanner.cambiumnetworks.com/lp_icons
2022-08-09 08:43:35 WARNING   link_planner.model.remote_config     Failed to find 5.6.5/url in config file
2022-08-09 08:43:35 WARNING   link_planner.model.remote_config     Failed to find 5.6.5/timestamp in config file
2022-08-09 08:43:35 WARNING   link_planner.model.remote_config     Failed to find g_map/base_url in config file
2022-08-09 08:43:35 WARNING   link_planner.model.remote_config     Using default for g_map/base_url: http://linkplanner.cambiumnetworks.com/maps/
2022-08-09 08:43:35 WARNING   link_planner.model.remote_config     Failed to find help/release_notes_url in config file
2022-08-09 08:43:35 WARNING   link_planner.model.remote_config     Using default for help/release_notes_url: http://linkplanner.cambiumnetworks.com/doc/changes_to_linkplanner.html
2022-08-09 08:43:35 WARNING   link_planner.model.remote_config     Failed to find certification/base_url in config file
2022-08-09 08:43:35 WARNING   link_planner.model.remote_config     Using default for certification/base_url: https://learning.cambiumnetworks.com/
2022-08-09 08:43:35 WARNING   link_planner.model.remote_config     Failed to find community/forum_url in config file
2022-08-09 08:43:35 WARNING   link_planner.model.remote_config     Using default for community/forum_url: https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/c/products/linkplanner/49
2022-08-09 08:43:35 WARNING   link_planner.model.remote_config     Failed to find community/kb_url in config file
2022-08-09 08:43:35 WARNING   link_planner.model.remote_config     Using default for community/kb_url: https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/c/knowledge-base/planning/23
2022-08-09 08:43:35 WARNING   link_planner.model.remote_config     Failed to find names/max_distance_km in config file
2022-08-09 08:43:35 WARNING   link_planner.model.remote_config     Using default for names/max_distance_km: 1000
2022-08-09 08:43:37 INFO      link_planner.equipment.products.medusa_capacity Medusa cwd = None
2022-08-09 08:43:43 INFO      link_planner.wxapp.foldable_panel    PREVENT_FOLD set to ''
2022-08-09 08:43:43 INFO      link_planner.wxapp.foldable_panel    FOLD_REPEAT_DELAY set to 0
2022-08-09 08:43:44 INFO      matplotlib.font_manager              font search path ['C:\\Program Files\\Cambium Networks\\LINKPlanner\\matplotlib\\mpl-data\\fonts\\ttf', 'C:\\Program Files\\Cambium Networks\\LINKPlanner\\matplotlib\\mpl-data\\fonts\\afm', 'C:\\Program Files\\Cambium Networks\\LINKPlanner\\matplotlib\\mpl-data\\fonts\\pdfcorefonts']
2022-08-09 08:43:45 INFO      matplotlib.font_manager              generated new fontManager
2022-08-09 08:43:45 INFO      comtypes.client._code_cache          Imported existing <module 'comtypes.gen' from 'C:\Program Files\Cambium Networks\LINKPlanner\comtypes\gen\__init__.pyc'>
2022-08-09 08:43:45 INFO      comtypes.client._code_cache          Using writeable comtypes cache directory: 'C:\Program Files\Cambium Networks\LINKPlanner\comtypes\gen'
2022-08-09 08:43:45 INFO      link_planner.utils.profile_request   Using profile chunk size of 200
2022-08-09 08:43:45 INFO      link_planner.utils.profile_request   Using profile request timeout of 60 seconds
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: XA_106
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: GU_105
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: PR_105
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: VI_105
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: US_105
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: GU_1052
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: XA_1062
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: PR_1052
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: VI_1052
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: US_1052
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: BR_30
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: GU_41
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: IN_41
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: IN_12
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: MX_30
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: PR_41
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: VI_41
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: US_41
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: MY_240
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: IN_251
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: IN_249
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: XD_207
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: XD_200
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: IN_India_241
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: IN_India_240
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: NZ_NewZealand_46
2022-08-09 08:43:45 WARNING   link_planner.model.preferences       Unknown license: IN_India_231
2022-08-09 08:43:45 INFO      matplotlib.font_manager              font search path ['C:\\Program Files\\Cambium Networks\\LINKPlanner\\matplotlib\\mpl-data\\fonts\\ttf', 'C:\\Program Files\\Cambium Networks\\LINKPlanner\\matplotlib\\mpl-data\\fonts\\afm', 'C:\\Program Files\\Cambium Networks\\LINKPlanner\\matplotlib\\mpl-data\\fonts\\pdfcorefonts']
2022-08-09 08:43:46 INFO      matplotlib.font_manager              generated new fontManager

Those warnings are expected. Try synadom’s suggestions from Link Planner google maps crash, resolution?. Your antivirus software could be causing the problem.

This is a different issue not related to Google Earth. If I create a new project or open an existing project file the program immediately closes before I do anything. If I revert to the old version everything works 100%. If it was the AV it shouldn’t matter what version I was running.

You have to whitelist both the linkplanner install directory and the project files directory. You have to whitelist the executable files as well.

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