wine users - Jan 2004 - serial port access - microwin step 7

hi,

i'm trying to get the application MICROWIN STEP 7 (version 3.1 SP2) from
siemens to run. it's a tool which can program siemens simatic S7 through
different devices, among others via serial port ppi cabel.

the problem is this: the application installs fine, but when i try to
install a software device interface (the interface to the serial port,
for example), nothing happens. the application doesn't hang, it just
doesn't add the device interface.

i assume that the problem is the serial device access under wine. i've
already added these lines to the configuration file in hope of solving
the problem:

[serialports]
"Com1"="/dev/ttyS0"
"Com2"="/dev/ttyS1"
 
[ports]
"read"="0x3F8-0x3FF"
"write"="0x3F8-0x3FF"

unfortunately, this still hasn't brought me anywhere. above lines should
allow applications a direct read/write access to the port 0x3F8-0x3FF,
right? if not, how would i allow a direct access to my serial devices?

thanks for the help!

matthias

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 09:36:44 +0100, you wrote:
> hi,
> 
> i'm trying to get the application MICROWIN STEP 7 (version 3.1 SP2)
from
> siemens to run. it's a tool which can program siemens simatic S7
through
> different devices, among others via serial port ppi cabel.
> 
> the problem is this: the application installs fine, but when i try to
> install a software device interface (the interface to the serial port,
> for example), nothing happens. the application doesn't hang, it just
> doesn't add the device interface.
> 
> i assume that the problem is the serial device access under wine. i've
> already added these lines to the configuration file in hope of solving
> the problem:
> 
> [serialports]
> "Com1"="/dev/ttyS0"
> "Com2"="/dev/ttyS1"
>  
> [ports]
> "read"="0x3F8-0x3FF"
> "write"="0x3F8-0x3FF"
> 
> unfortunately, this still hasn't brought me anywhere. above lines
should
> allow applications a direct read/write access to the port 0x3F8-0x3FF,
> right? if not, how would i allow a direct access to my serial devices?
Check R/W permission for those devices.

Quote the messages on the terminal from where you start wine. Add
--debugmsg +comm on the command line for more clues what the program is
doing with the COM ports.

Rein.
-- 
Rein Klazes
rklazes@xs4all.nl

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:21:31 +0100, you wrote:
> hi,
> 
> thanks, i'll give it a shot.
> 
> matthias
> 
> Am Di, 2004-01-20 um 13.58 schrieb Rein Klazes:
> > On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:19:17 +0100, you wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > > Unhandled exception: unimplemented function 
> > > setupx.dll.DiBuildClassDrvList called in 32-bit code
(0x41712e66).
> > > 
> > 
> > Third possibility is to try the attached patch (you must compile wine
> > from source to try this):
The patch is included in the latest wine-20040121. You might as well try
that.

Rein.
-- 
Rein Klazes
rklazes@xs4all.nl