I discovered the serial ports on my motherboard are toast but have a Digi PortServer 8 (8 ports) with software that sets it up to look like regular comm ports....
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Elizabeth Dodd
drlizau
Dec 1, 2009 10:52 pm
... Under linux you should have zero difficulty with usb - serial adapters, if you have a kernel module. I started a list on...
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ke6uko
Dec 2, 2009 3:49 am
I have a PC logging the data from mine in one location, but I code in another. I have used software serial <-> TCP/IP <-> serial, and it does work. However,...
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aendr
Dec 4, 2009 4:06 pm
Hi there, I'm new to the group and am looking forward to using open8610 which I've just downloaded... I've had an 8610 for a couple of years now but stopped...
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Jeff Bogumil
rjbogumil
Dec 4, 2009 4:19 pm
As you suggest, past threads over the past year+ in this group can be mined for suggestions (I'm not aware of any game-changing more recent developments,...
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Elizabeth Dodd
drlizau
Dec 4, 2009 7:54 pm
... I'm just copying this from a mail I wrote last week, but you weren't on the list then. Under linux you should have zero difficulty with usb - serial...
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jean-marie
jmpacquet
Dec 4, 2009 8:41 pm
... Be careful, the WS8610 is not like the WS2300. It is similar to the WS3600 and has the same problems with usb-serial adapters. In fact I don't know anyone...
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Doug Braun
na1db
Dec 4, 2009 9:18 pm
Yes, you can still get traditional serial port cards for late-model PCs with Windows Vista and 7. I recently got a new compact desktop PC with 64-bit Vista....
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H. Smith
wuhu_software
Dec 4, 2009 9:19 pm
I can communicate with a WS3600 using a IOGear USB to serial adapter, but I am not using open3600 to do it. ... From: jean-marie <jm@...> Subject: Re:...
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jean-marie
jmpacquet
Dec 4, 2009 10:07 pm
... Nice to meet you, you are the first one I can talk to ;-) Are you using HeavyWeather? If yes Is it true that HeavyWeather is then only able to read...
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thunder_storm_re
thunder_stor...
Dec 4, 2009 10:31 pm
Hello! I managed to build a .dll version of log2300.c in _stdcall and _cdecl versions. The DLL have a improvement, the addition of wind gust. The units are in...
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Elizabeth Dodd
drlizau
Dec 5, 2009 3:07 am
... windows and linux are fundamentally different on this usb-serial point, so letting us know which OS is vital to increasing the knowledge -- Lay on,...
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jean-marie
jmpacquet
Dec 5, 2009 7:48 am
... There is no such difference between windows and linux on this usb-serial point. The point is that the communication protocol used by ws3600 and ws8610...
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Colin Law
clanlaw2
Dec 5, 2009 10:19 am
... There most definitely is a difference. Some USB/Serial adaptors are not fully supported under some distributions of Linux. This is in addition to the...
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jean-marie
jmpacquet
Dec 5, 2009 11:32 am
... I agree. ... The problem being from the top "have an 8610", it's a bit late. It is not unforgivable of the manufacturer to use a standard interface in this...
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H. Smith
wuhu_software
Dec 5, 2009 12:40 pm
The USB to serial adapter that I use is: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812107906&cm_re=iogear_serial-_-12-107-906-_-Product I am not...
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Jeff Bogumil
rjbogumil
Dec 5, 2009 4:09 pm
I'm pleased to see this important topic (USB/legacy-serial adapter suitability to Lacrosse WS-8610 comm protocol perversion) again drawing interest. With its...
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H. Smith
wuhu_software
Dec 5, 2009 5:14 pm
Well, I can be 100% certain that is possible to use the IOGear USB to serial adapter to communicate with the WS-3610 console, as I have been doing it for...
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jean-marie
jmpacquet
Dec 6, 2009 11:24 am
... It seems to be linux compatible. I will try to get one to play with. Thanks a lot....
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A Kerr-Munslow
aendr
Dec 6, 2009 7:38 pm
Well, thank you for all your messages, quite a lot to read and absorb and a nice welcome to the group. In response to a few: The "unspecified computer" is a...
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Bob Monkhouse
robert.monkh...
Dec 7, 2009 2:55 pm
That has to be the best and clearest description of the 8610's "protocol"; that I think I have read in the past 18 months, well done Jean-Marie. It made me...
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jean-marie
jmpacquet
Dec 7, 2009 6:36 pm
... [...] ... Hello Bob, I don't think perl is the right tool to do a device driver job. I found the protocol easy to read in the C source code of open3600...
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L Perroton
lperroton
Dec 8, 2009 12:45 am
Hi, I have been satisfactorily reading the memory of my ws8610 for about a year now using a USB-serial adapter with a PC running Linux with the open8610...
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jean-marie
jmpacquet
Dec 9, 2009 8:37 pm
... Congratulations, you are number 2 on my list of the happy few who managed to do it. May I ask you which USB-serial adapter you are using? Is it also a...
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H. Smith
wuhu_software
Dec 9, 2009 9:09 pm
Yes, it is based on the Prolific chipset: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812107906&cm_re=serial_iogear-_-12-107-906-_-Product I cannot...
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L Perroton
lperroton
Dec 12, 2009 10:42 am
Yes it is, here are the corresponding Kernel config parameters: CONFIG_USB_SERIAL=y CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GENERIC=y CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_PL2303=y I actually use...
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Elizabeth Dodd
drlizau
Dec 12, 2009 10:51 am
... can you provide the output of lsusb which relates to this - the vendor:device string ? -- BOFH excuse #263: It's stuck in the Web....
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L Perroton
lperroton
Dec 13, 2009 8:06 pm
Here you are: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port ... De: Elizabeth Dodd <liz@...> Objet: Re: [LacrosseWS] Re: new to the group -...
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jean-marie
jmpacquet
Dec 15, 2009 6:53 pm
I received the adapter and here are the first results: 1. Windows based software The driver had to be installed from the CD for Win98. It is called "ATEN USB...
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H. Smith
wuhu_software
Dec 15, 2009 10:25 pm
Let us know if the Linux IOGear driver, available from their download page works. You might need the newer driver to have full-handshaking support. ... From:...
