[Techtoolslist] Data I/O and Windows XP

[Mike Coates]

I've used promlink on XP without problem (but then I patched it!)

If you have no flow control, you are losing data during the transfer - 
simple commands are only a single byte, but file transfer either way is 
going to send large amounts of info.

you also say you are using com1, but the error indicates that it's 
trying to use com2 initially - I've attached my config file, def. com1 - 
but with flow control enabled - has worked for me using a cable made to 
the specs on the leopardcats web page.



Matt Rossiter wrote:

> Hello, 

> 

> I'm hooking up a laptop to a Data I/O UniPak 2B Eprom Programmer and

> connected through a USB to Serial adapter made by Airlink.  I'm using

> Promlink 6.10, which is the patched version from MikesArcade.com. 

> 

> http://mikesarcade.com/arcade/promlink.html

> 

> My Settings are Com1, 9600 Baud, Parity None, Data Bits 8, Stop Bits 1 and

> of course flow control is off.  I/O Format is current set to Absolute

> Binary. 

> 

> I've read some of the threads before on this and I seem to be running into

> a similar problem regarding trying to send and receive eprom data.  I can

> do things such as blank checks, selecting devices, reading eproms, etc.

> 

> 1)  First of all, when I initially start up Promlink, I always get this

> message "16 Bit MS-DOS Subsystem - pl.exe The system cannot open Com2 port

> requested by the application.  Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.

> 

> 

> Rather than choosing 'Close' I click 'Ignore' and get in.

> 

> 2) When I read eproms, I can do so and get a sumcheck, but if I save them

> to a file I can't identify the file using romident.

> 

> 3) When I try to send a file to the programmer I will see a progress bar

> quickly go to 100% and it will wait indefinitely with a "Waiting for

> programmer response..." message.