Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather and comm port setup...
I keep a VMware image file with a very old copy on Windows on it just for old programs like this. The image file will boot up on a Mac or Linux machine or even in a Win 7 PC. I keep thinking it would be good to re-write LH so it would run on a more reasonable/modern platform but there are about 1,000 other things ahead in the queue. On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 5:31 PM, Mark Sims hol...@hotmail.com wrote: Win 95? Get real! Real men run WIN98. Lady Heather runs fine on WIN98. I use a Compaq Armada 1700 running WIN98 at 230 MHz. I have run it (but not lately) on a steam driven 90 MHz Fujitsu laptop with passive matrix screen. You would be amazed at what you can find laptop wise on Ebay. I wanted a laptop to run Mach3 for a small CNC mill/laser cutter. Laptops can be problematic with Mach3 because they want to drop into sleep modes at the worst possible time. I found a reference that a 2+ GHz Compaq EVO N610C laptop works fine with Mach3 and has hardware serial and parallel ports, wifi, etc. Checking Ebay at the time, I found several in the $75-$150 dollar range. And a listing for 5 of them, loaded with XP and Office for $150 total... shipped. She also tossed in 7 extra battery packs (all good). That's a lot of CPU power for $30 a copy... The screen on my Armada recently died and I had to pay over $50 for a new Armada. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
[time-nuts] Lady Heather and comm port setup...
Since version 3.1 Lady Heather should be able to find a 9600,8,ODD,1 device. This was added for the Resolution T timing receiver. It may take it a minute or so for it to figure out. If the program does not see a valid receiver version message within 30 seconds or so it toggles the parity setting and tries again. Or you can try the /rt command line option. This says to try ODD parity first. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather and comm port setup...
Thanks Mark! I figured that there had to be a way, especially given that Trimble's former TSIP standard was 9600,8,ODD,1. Now, if I could figure out why LH thinks it needs something newer than windows 95... which is what is on the old 486 laptop that I would like to use for that purpose... -Chuck Harris Mark Sims wrote: Since version 3.1 Lady Heather should be able to find a 9600,8,ODD,1 device. This was added for the Resolution T timing receiver. It may take it a minute or so for it to figure out. If the program does not see a valid receiver version message within 30 seconds or so it toggles the parity setting and tries again. Or you can try the /rt command line option. This says to try ODD parity first. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
[time-nuts] Lady Heather and comm port setup...
Hi, I think the answer is probably no, but is there a sanctioned way of coercing the fine Lady into unusual comm port settings? For instance, can I get her to do: 9600, 8, Odd, 1 without resorting to the whip? Thanks! -Chuck Harris ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
[time-nuts] Lady Heather and comm port setup...
Hi, I think the answer is probably no, but is there a sanctioned way of coercing the fine Lady into unusual comm port settings? For instance, can I get her to do: 9600, 8, Odd, 1 without resorting to handcuffs, and the whip? Thanks! -Chuck Harris ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
