On 03/19 09:37, Kai Krakow wrote: > Am Sun, 19 Mar 2017 09:09:51 +0100 > schrieb tu...@posteo.de: > > > Hi, > > > > I have a smart NiMH-charger with serial port (normally used to > > dump chargeing curves to the PC). > > The chargers firmware can bei flashed with a flashtool provided > > by the vendor. The communication is via serial port. I have > > a PCI=>serial.ports-card installed in my PC. > > > > The command > > > > file <flashing tool> > > > > results in this information > > > > PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows > > > > . As Linux user by heart I have no Windows. > > > > May the attempt to install wine and use it for this purpose > > a thinkable way or are the precoditions that way, that it > > is due to those a NO-NO...? > > Flashing via serial port should be no problem from within Wine. It > requires no special driver implementation. > > However, if the hardware implements its own driver behind the serial > port, it won't work anyways because on the Wine side there will be no > such driver. > > So I think, it should either work or fail early without doing damage. > > > > Does anyone have experience with such an attempt? > > I'm usually doing such things from VirtualBox by passing through the > hardware (usually USB, that's easily done from within the GUI). > > VirtualBox can also pass COM ports to the VM. You may want to try that > as a second chance. > > > -- > Regards, > Kai > > Replies to list-only preferred.
Hi Kai (that's a rhyme! :) I have installed Virtualbox already and use the Linux Image I installed there for banking purposes only. Feels more secure. I would prefer the WIndows-in-a-(virtual)box-solution) as you do -- if I would own a Windows installation disc. But do not. But it is good to know, that the wine-workaround would either work or fail too early to damage anything. Is there anything important to know before doing an emerge of wine (need I more than app-emulation/wine?) -- I have literally no experience with this emulator - the flashing tool is a 32bit gui application...) ??? Cheers Meino
