"EdV" <ed_vo***@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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>I am having some weirdness and was wondering if any of the readers of
> this group are experiencing the something similar.
>
> I was using a Quatech QSU200/300 which worked great but then upgraded
> to their ESU series which do not work with my in house application.
> My senior SW developer is out for a spell. Here is what is unique
> about his application although I do not understand it in detail.
>
> 1. The MSComm control is created in memory by his application which is
> a .dll that we then use in various test engineering applications
> 2. As I look around in his code I see he commented out a "read from
> device" section of code in his .dll source for setting baudrate,
> inputmode, etc.  Some devices need to be "woke up"?  Sounds
> interesting, hmmmmm.
> 3. Hyperteminal to Hypterminal link ups work
> 4. Our applications are "talking" to embedded uC boards using LT1785
> RS485 driver by Linear.
>
> I am going to try and step through his test example with the .dll
> loaded in the project today to see what is going on but first I have
> to get it to run because there are undecalred variables scattered
> through out.
>
> Thanks in advance for having a look at my dilemna.
>
> Ed V.
>
> PS - mmmmmmmm, martini
>
> PPS  -
> 1. RS232 to RS485 convertes work fine but I am out of serial ports due
> my IT departments drive to use PCs that have fewer everthings.
> 2. BB-elec Ulinx USB converters do this also
> 3. If you keep the gin in the freezer and put pop a couple olives in
> your mouth you can skip those tedious shaker to glass to mouth steps

On Nov 16, 11:50 am, "Jack" <replyto@it> wrote:
> Boy, you are writing in the wrong department, I am afraid.
> Jack
>
> "EdV" <ed_vo***@my-deja.com> wrote in message
>
> news:3a6dbf30-069a-48ad-86a4-5e09f6f7529c@n20g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> >I am having some weirdness and was wondering if any of the readers of
> > this group are experiencing the something similar.
>
> > I was using a Quatech QSU200/300 which worked great but then upgraded
> > to their ESU series which do not work with my in house application.
> > My senior SW developer is out for a spell. Here is what is unique
> > about his application although I do not understand it in detail.
>
> > 1. TheMSCommcontrol is created in memory by his application which is
> > a .dll that we then use in various test engineering applications
> > 2. As I look around in his code I see he commented out a "read from
> > device" section of code in his .dll source for setting baudrate,
> > inputmode, etc.  Some devices need to be "woke up"?  Sounds
> > interesting, hmmmmm.
> > 3. Hyperteminal to Hypterminal link ups work
> > 4. Our applications are "talking" to embedded uC boards using LT1785
> > RS485 driver by Linear.
>
> > I am going to try and step through his test example with the .dll
> > loaded in the project today to see what is going on but first I have
> > to get it to run because there are undecalred variables scattered
> > through out.
>
> > Thanks in advance for having a look at my dilemna.
>
> > Ed V.
>
> > PS - mmmmmmmm, martini
>
> > PPS  -
> > 1. RS232 to RS485 convertes work fine but I am out of serial ports due
> > my IT departments drive to use PCs that have fewer everthings.
> > 2. BB-elec Ulinx USB converters do this also
> > 3. If you keep the gin in the freezer and put pop a couple olives in
> > your mouth you can skip those tedious shaker to glass to mouth steps- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -