[Techtoolslist] Data IO 29b issues

[Tony Jones]

Hey Jess.  I think I may have figured it out.   If not, I'll ping you.
Don't burn time on it otherwise.

Thanks!!

On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Jess Askey <jess at askey.org> wrote:
> I have this exact setup... mostly at least... I have mine working with the prolific and XP (different) plus Dosbox... will see what i can do to help here later this evening when im home, if someone else doesnt get you going first.
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Tony Jones <tony at tonyjones.com>
> Date: 2/23/2016 2:56 PM (GMT-07:00)
> To: Technical Tools Mail List <techtoolslist at flippers.com>
> Subject: [Techtoolslist] Data IO 29b issues
>
> 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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