[time-nuts] Thunderbolt and Windows XP

2008-06-15 Thread David C. Partridge
Windows XP gets mighty confused by a TB connected to a serial port and installs the MS Ball-Point Mouse driver and tries to interpret the packet from the TB as mouse commands - just go into device manager and disable the MS Ball-Point Mouse! The TB also confuses the heck out of Acronis bootable

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt and Windows XP

2008-06-15 Thread Scott Newell
At 01:53 PM 6/15/2008, David C. Partridge wrote: Windows XP gets mighty confused by a TB connected to a serial port and installs the MS Ball-Point Mouse driver and tries to interpret the packet from the TB as mouse commands - just go into device manager and disable the MS Ball-Point Mouse! I

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt and Windows XP

2008-06-15 Thread Didier Juges
See this method which works well under XP: http://www.ko4bb.com/cgi-bin/wiki/save.cgi?DisableSerialMouseDriver Didier KO4BB -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David C. Partridge Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 1:53 PM To: 'Discussion of

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt and Windows XP

2008-06-15 Thread Peter Vince
Hi Didier, I think there is some kind of delay betwwen your updating your wiki, and it being available to the public. I can see the section, but there don't appeare to be any entries yet. The same happened a couple of days ago when you posted the Store Position On Trimble Thunderbolt

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt and Windows XP

2008-06-15 Thread David C. Partridge
I tried to look at the page, and just got a blank page (Firefox and IE both) apart from for bits about legal notice, wiki org, pointer to your home page and a few other bits. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Didier Juges Sent: 15 June 2008

[time-nuts] Desired features of a Thunderbolt controller?

2008-06-15 Thread Mark Sims
I am thinking about writing a control program for the Thunderbolt that would allow it to be controlled/monitored by a MegaDonkey LCD touchscreen based microcontroller. The MegaDonkey is a Atmel ATMEGA2561 based controller with a 160x80 res touchscreen (see mega-donkey.com). It has two serial

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt and Windows XP

2008-06-15 Thread Stan, W1LE
I added a serial switch box. I boot up when the T'bolt serial is switched off and turn on the serial connection with the switch box to do t'bolt mon. Stan, W1LEFN41sr Cape Cod David C. Partridge wrote: Windows XP gets mighty confused by a TB connected to a serial port and installs the

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt and Windows XP

2008-06-15 Thread Richard W. Solomon
...That's another fine mess you got us into Bill... . In my case, I have some old Compaq 486's that run WIN98SE that I use to program commercial gear. No problems running Tboltmon with them and it doesn't tie up my main computer. 73, Dick, W1KSZ -Original Message- From: Stan, W1LE

Re: [time-nuts] Desired features of a Thunderbolt controller?

2008-06-15 Thread John Miles
It would be nice to have a graphical display of the 10 MHz offset, PPS offset, and/or DAC values from the periodic 8F AC packets. I've got a hacked breadboard that allows me to plug 10811s into my old (pre-TAPR) Thunderbolt. Was thinking of implementing a graphical monitor on the Chumby, thereby