I agree! In the uploaded log, I manually started FocusMax before beginning the run (that is, I can see it & I'm sure it's running), so maybe that's why there's no error message after "assuring that FM is running now ..."?
To clarify, (a) FocusMax is always running and connected, (b) a focus run occurs only when either the FM "Focus" button is clicked or when FM & ACP are connected to simulators (not real devices), and (c) there are no error messages (Win, ACP, FM or MaxIm).
Since there are no error messages, is it possible that FocusMax isn't called when connected to real devices? COM failure?