Ran into an issue I thought I would quickly share in case others have seen similar issues on their Intel NUCs. Note that this does not apply to knock-off NUC computers, only the actual Intel branded ones.
The NUC has an application for it called the NUC Software Studio. This installs a Windows Service, with the same name, and has a UI you can use to check on internals of the computer. It also seems to like to steal COM ports as they become opened. In this case the Pegasus Unity software was being blocked from opening the port my Ultimate Powerbox V2 was using (COM7 in this example). Changing the port (to COM11 for example) did not solve the problem, as the NUC Studio would just immediately grab it. Other devices on my system have had random cases where access to their ports were blocked as well, ususally restarting the device would solve it.
Uninstalling the NUC Software Studio does not remove the Windows Service I mentioned, so to fully solve the problem this Windows Service needs to be stopped and set to disabled. Doing so, fully resolved the issue I was seeing.
-Bill
The NUC has an application for it called the NUC Software Studio. This installs a Windows Service, with the same name, and has a UI you can use to check on internals of the computer. It also seems to like to steal COM ports as they become opened. In this case the Pegasus Unity software was being blocked from opening the port my Ultimate Powerbox V2 was using (COM7 in this example). Changing the port (to COM11 for example) did not solve the problem, as the NUC Studio would just immediately grab it. Other devices on my system have had random cases where access to their ports were blocked as well, ususally restarting the device would solve it.
Uninstalling the NUC Software Studio does not remove the Windows Service I mentioned, so to fully solve the problem this Windows Service needs to be stopped and set to disabled. Doing so, fully resolved the issue I was seeing.
-Bill