On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:13:20 -0800, bod43 wrote:

On 16 Dec, 20:27, Martin Gregorie
wrote:
Has anybody tried succeeded in getting the EW Uploader to run on Linux
under WINE and successfully talk to an EW Model D?

I'm using WINE 1.1.9 under Fedora 9. The uploader seems to run OK and
can see the logger when I boot it, but for some reason its not managing
to login to the model D. The Port list window shows the uploader trying
to connect to the logger for 2 seconds or so. Then the port state goes
back to "Awaiting connection" and the logger starts flashing.

This by the way is complete guesswork but may with a bit of luck be
worth considering.

The first thing that springs to mind is the configuration of the serial
port.

A google of [wine serial port] produces a few hits that suggest that it
is not all automagic (which is perfectly reasonable).

Linux will need to release the port to wine and windows will need to
understand what ports are available and what to refer to them by - com1,
com7?

Problem solved. I now have the latest version of the EW Uploader running
successfully on Linux under WINE 1.1.9.

I thought I could simply FTP my (oldish) copy of the uploader across to
Linux: the result semi-worked as described above. Then I found that there
is a 2003/4 Uploader release on the EW website that fixes some problems
with USB-Serial converters. I downloaded that and installed it by running
its installer under WINE. That 'just worked'.

This uploader version now talks to my model D through one of the built-in
serial ports on my motherboard. However, it still won't deal with the USB-
serial converter. That could be down to a number of reasons, ranging from
it simply not liking my converter through incompatibilities with the
Linux USB management system. Maybe WINE needs the Windows USB drivers to
be installed. Who knows.

I'm ignoring the USB problem because I have another solution. Both my
serial ports have permanent uses and I could do with a few more anyway,
so rather than waste time fooling with USB, I'll simply drop in a six
port PCI card and use that for the uploader.


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