"Andy Greener" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 12 Jul 2009, at 19:53, Bruce Napier wrote:
>>
>> On 12 Jul 2009, at 19:46, Andy Greener wrote:
>>
>>> "Just" Hmmm! Sanity is a Windows-free zone as far as I know ;-) How
>>> about getting Victron to "just" enter the 21st century...
>>
>>
>> I'm thinking of building a Mac Mini into Sanity Again, and might
>> actually be reduced to installing Parallels desktop so as to cope
>> with those suppliers (Garmin's another that comes to mind) whose
>> software is stubbornly Windoze.
>
> That's not going to help if the Victron software needs a serial port,
> unless Victron provide some kind of USB driver - even then you'll need
> a serial-to-USB adaptor (e.g.
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/USB-RS232-Converter-Cable/dp/B00077DJIQ)
> .
Cheapest way is to get an old laptop loads for sale on EBay
Try Compaq armada M700 as a search on eBay and you will see what I mean.
Picked my 700 up for under £10 and its a dedicated machine just for the
victron. The Victron interface costs 4 times what I paid for the laptop.
BTW I have just had loads of fun trying to sort a G4 Ibook with a logic
board fault, ended up flogging it on ebay for £90 and it still didn't work
without a G clamp
J
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