Hello everyone ... Before I give up and install windows on my HD as well :-) Maybe there is a solution. The program to read the sampled data in the data-logger can be installed and started using WINE without problems. But the driver (which is installed separately) which allows the Data-logger to be recognised by the program on the USB port, cannot be installed. Its name is "Silicon laboratories CP210 x USB to UART Bridge Driver" The installer loads on wine, after clicking on "install" there is a wine-error message: "In the program CP210xVCPinstaller.exe an error occurred" Hope someone can help
Oh i forgot to say, i use Ubuntu 10.04LTS, 64 Bit version The sensor is a Temperature & Humidity data logger from Voltcraft
On 2010-08-26 (August, Thursday) 23:24:13 littleideas wrote:> The program to read the sampled data in the data-logger can be installed > and started using WINE without problems. But the driver (which is > installed separately) which allows the Data-logger to be recognised by the > program on the USB port, cannot be installed.Hardware drivers will not work in Wine, sorry. However, from your post I understood that you have Windows. So you can download VirtualBox for Ubuntu 10.04LTS 64-bit: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/3.2.8/virtualbox-3.2_3.2.8-64453~Ubuntu~lucid_amd64.deb Install it by running (assuming that you downloaded the file into current directory): sudo dpkg -i virtualbox-3.2_3.2.8-64453~Ubuntu~lucid_amd64.deb And run it: VirtualBox If you never used it before, read documentation: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/End-user_documentation Set memory to recommended minimum for your version of Windows (in order to preserve as much as possible memory for Linux host) and then install Windows in it; then install your software (and the driver), plug-in your device and that's it. This isn't perfect solution, but it is better than dual-boot. If you have any question about VirtualBox please ask them at http://forums.virtualbox.org/ (but make sure to read VirtualBox documentation first).
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 06:24:13PM -0500, littleideas wrote:> > The program to read the sampled data in the data-logger can be installed and started using WINE without problems. But the driver (which is installed separately) which allows the Data-logger to be recognised by the program on the USB port, cannot be installed. > > Its name is "Silicon laboratories CP210 x USB to UART Bridge Driver"I have just had to patch the cp210x driver to support a similar chip (in a Pirelli mobile). The first thing to check - at the linux level - is that the driver recognises your device. When you plug it in, does the cp210x driver get loaded (lsmod |grep cp210x) and does /dev/ttyUSB* appear? Use lsusb -v to inspect the idVendor and idProduct: that pair needs to be recognised by the driver. There is a list in cp210x.c, and you might have to add an extra line if that pair is not already present. If you do that and it works, send the patch to the author & maybe the kernel bugzilla. After that, I can suggest how to get it connected under wine, but first things first. I am assuming that you know a little about patching and so on. If not, at least post the lsusb -v output if /dev/ttyUSB* does not appear. ael
@Rayhen: VirtualBox is a wonderful thing ... The driver readily installes, but when plugged in the USB, the field for the USB device in DosBox remains grey... don't know how to help it...
not DosBox i meant Virtual Box ... sorry
Hello, I klicked on the link of the driver. I definitely DONT understand anything about patching, installations etc ... :-) Don't know what to do with this page there ...