The problem appears to be less with the IGC logger & more with the manufacturer providing an update to the PC side software so that the executable accesses the ports through the correct windows API. We commonly use the USB to serial converters on our laptops & bleed profusely with PLC programmes & such that have adapted old dos programmes without doing correct Windows calls for the serial port.
Cheers Don Ingram ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Borgelt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] DOS > At 02:59 PM 14/06/02 +1000, you wrote: > >Quoting Mike Borgelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >Mike - what does the Joey Tracks software actually do ? Have you tried it > with > >one of these USB -> Serial converters. > > > > I haven't tried that. I bought one of these things so that I could test the > B2000 windows PC support software on a USB port. Haven't yet tried the > B2000 Windows support software on XP, I just got all the PC's here working > properly a month or two ago and I'm not ready to upgrade. David Conway, > have you done this yet? > > I'll take a look at the Joey Tracks/USB issue over the weekend. > > We're going to be stuck with this problem for quite a while as there are > thousands of IGC loggers in use with serial communications. > > > Mike > Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments > ABN 75532924542 > Box 7474 Toowoomba M.C. > Queensland 4352 > Australia > > Tel 0746 355 784 > mob 0428 355 784 > 0429 355 784 > fax 0746 358 796 > > International > phone: int'l+ 61 7 46 355 784 > Cellphone:int'l +61 4 28 355 784 > int'l +61 4 29 355 784 > fax : int'l+ 61 7 46 358 796 > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > website:www.borgeltinstruments.com > > > -- > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. > > -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
