USB-to-serial converters that work (especially with ILEC SN10) ?

Greg Arnold wrote:
Dave, why don't you upgrade the SN-10 to a USB connector?

That would just shift the driver issues from the USB-to-serial converter
vendors to Dave...

The new Colibri uses a USB connector, and other soaring instruments
doubtless will follow in the future.


Marc Ramsey wrote:
Greg Arnold wrote:

Dave, why don't you upgrade the SN-10 to a USB connector?


That would just shift the driver issues from the USB-to-serial converter
vendors to Dave...

Greg Arnold wrote:
The new Colibri uses a USB connector, and other soaring instruments
doubtless will follow in the future.

Yes, and you'll need to get a USB driver from LXN, which is just about
as likely to work on your particular Windows computer as a random
USB-to-serial converter...

I have a digital camera, a laser printer, and an Ipaq, all with USB
connectors, and all work fine on my Windows computer. Why would the
Colibri be different?


Marc Ramsey wrote:
Greg Arnold wrote:

The new Colibri uses a USB connector, and other soaring instruments
doubtless will follow in the future.


Yes, and you'll need to get a USB driver from LXN, which is just about
as likely to work on your particular Windows computer as a random
USB-to-serial converter...

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Thanks Casey - Have you used this for both PClink and software load
(ILEC SN10) ?
Did you get "unregistered driver" or other warnings, or have to upgrade
the driver ?
Thanks !
Best Regards, Dave "YO"

Hi Dave-

It works fine with PCLink for the Model 25 (LS-8) but for some reason did
not with trying to download a flight from the Model 20 (Nimbus)....we just
sent that Model 20 GPS/NAV in for updated software so it may be a Cambridge
issue.....I'll let you know. After mine failed TS1 used his laptop to
download it without a problem.....he has an old laptop with a serial
connnection though. I have not used mine to upload updates or TP databases
into the Model 20 so can't answer that part.....works fine with the 25.
Resulted in missing a nice long flight for OLC......you hear that Mitch???
;-)

Casey

Greg Arnold wrote:
I have a digital camera, a laser printer, and an Ipaq, all with USB
connectors, and all work fine on my Windows computer. Why would the
Colibri be different?

Why would a USB-to-serial converter be different?

Because the drivers for most digital cameras (which are actually USB
"mass storage devices"), and low-level printer drivers are included with
the Windows 2K/XP. The generic USB PocketPC driver is now also included
in XP, and both HP and Microsoft have a vested interest in making sure
it works properly.

The USB-equipped flight recorders I have seen all look like USB serial
devices, for which a vendor supplied device driver is required. Flight
recorder vendors don't build their own drivers, they redistribute
whatever driver is supplied by the chip manufacturer which, strangely
enough, happen to be the exact same drivers supplied along with
USB-to-serial converters that use the same chip family.

You have lost me. However, I do know that my Belkin adapter works fine
with the LX-5000, but not at all with a Cambridge 302. I also know that
the Cambridge 302 works fine with the USB connection to an Ipaq.



Marc Ramsey wrote:
Greg Arnold wrote:

I have a digital camera, a laser printer, and an Ipaq, all with USB
connectors, and all work fine on my Windows computer. Why would the
Colibri be different?


Why would a USB-to-serial converter be different?

Because the drivers for most digital cameras (which are actually USB
"mass storage devices"), and low-level printer drivers are included with
the Windows 2K/XP. The generic USB PocketPC driver is now also included
in XP, and both HP and Microsoft have a vested interest in making sure
it works properly.

The USB-equipped flight recorders I have seen all look like USB serial
devices, for which a vendor supplied device driver is required. Flight
recorder vendors don't build their own drivers, they redistribute
whatever driver is supplied by the chip manufacturer which, strangely
enough, happen to be the exact same drivers supplied along with
USB-to-serial converters that use the same chip family.

Correction -- the Cambridge connection to an Ipaq is not USB. As I
said, I am lost.




Greg Arnold wrote:
You have lost me. However, I do know that my Belkin adapter works fine
with the LX-5000, but not at all with a Cambridge 302. I also know that
the Cambridge 302 works fine with the USB connection to an Ipaq.



Marc Ramsey wrote:

Greg Arnold wrote:

I have a digital camera, a laser printer, and an Ipaq, all with USB
connectors, and all work fine on my Windows computer. Why would the
Colibri be different?



Why would a USB-to-serial converter be different?

Because the drivers for most digital cameras (which are actually USB
"mass storage devices"), and low-level printer drivers are included
with the Windows 2K/XP. The generic USB PocketPC driver is now also
included in XP, and both HP and Microsoft have a vested interest in
making sure it works properly.

The USB-equipped flight recorders I have seen all look like USB serial
devices, for which a vendor supplied device driver is required.
Flight recorder vendors don't build their own drivers, they
redistribute whatever driver is supplied by the chip manufacturer
which, strangely enough, happen to be the exact same drivers supplied
along with USB-to-serial converters that use the same chip family.

For what it's worth, and that probably isn't much here, the Belkin FSU 409
will NOT work with Macintosh OS X.

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Bob
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On 5/22/05 10:56 AM, in article
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wrote:

OK, this may sound silly, but can you report either
good or bad experiences with a SPECIFIC MAKE AND MODEL
of USB-to-serial converter ? We have many reports
of units that don't work properly, and a few that do
(but not necessarily for everyone). A few specific
questions:
- what is the make and model of the converter ?
- did the driver install without dire warnings from
Windoze about "uncertified driver" and the like ?
- you are using it with Windoze XP, which SP (service pack) ?
- does your laptop sometimes crash after you "resume" ?
- has the helpful MS site explained (after a crash) that
you need to update the driver, and directed you to a
site with only non-arabic characters (Japanese, Korean,
Chinese, or somesuch) ?
- have you got scary messages like "thread stuck in kernel" ?
- does it work reliably with SN10 PC-Link (log, database) ?
- does it work reliably with SN10 "software load" ?

This should help us collate some recommendations...
Thanks in advance !
Best Regards, Dave "YO"

Are you asking this, I hope, so that the SN10 can download to a USB "thumb
drive" directly? Sure would be convenient.

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Bob
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