[Techtoolslist] Data IO 29b issues

[David Ryskalczyk]

There are loads and loads of fake Prolific adapters. Does it work with their latest driver? Even if it does, it might be counterfeit.
I know FTDI adapters are generally expensive, but I've had success with this cheaper one — it appears to be legit, or did when I last ordered some a while back.
http://www.amazon.com/Chipset-Speed-Serial-RS-232-Converter/dp/B005S72HHO

David


> On Feb 23, 2016, at 4:56 PM, Tony Jones <tony at tonyjones.com> wrote:
> 
> Has anyone succeeded at using a USB->Serial adapter with their Data IO 29b?
> 
> I'm using a Prolific USB to serial adapter because the Lenovo X200s
> laptop I earmarked for bench use doesn't have a native serial port
> (not available on the docking station either).
> 
> I initially was using Windows 7 x86_64 but that required running
> Promlink under dosbox which was generating frame errors on the DosBox
> console and on the 29b display.   Switching to 32bit Windows 7,  I can
> run the patched version (standard version gives me Error 11) and it
> appears to open COM1 which is mapped onto the USB but I get a Frame
> Err 41 on the 29b and Promlink software cannot connect at 9600,N,8,1.
> 
> Unfortunately, I can't get any serial port sniffing tools such as
> Sysinternals Portmon or AccessPort to work, both fail with "handle is
> invalid" error which I'm guessing is a driver issue.
> 
> thanks!
> 
> tony
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