I have a AIS Receiver which requires a ftdi chip driver(which I have) but I am stumped as to how I may get wine to load and see it. I need to run ShipPlotter software which seems to sit very nicely in the Wine environment but cannot make contact with the receiver as there is no driver. Any help would be appreciated.
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 6:20 AM, michaelayland <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:> I have a AIS Receiver which requires a ftdi chip driver(which I have) but ?I am stumped as to how I may get wine to load and see itWine cannot and never will be able to use Windows drivers. You will either have to find or build a Linux driver stack. James
Ok and Thank You Is there a simple way of doing this??
Perryh, Thank you for your response I have used Open CPN (the linux version) and the software recognises the receiver and works as it should. So the device works in linux Ubuntu 11.10 So now I have to progress to getting the Windows software to recognise the same devise which is where I am stumped, You are recommending winecfg... are you able to guide me further please. Regards mike a
perryh wrote:> Then you need to create a symlink in the prefix (.wine directory),It would be more helpful if this instructions would actually work. Please don't give bogus suggestions when you don't know how to fix it! Symlink serial ports from your device this way: Code: ln -s /dev/ttyS0 ~/.wine/dosdevices/com1 Replace the device name "ttyS0" with your device name. For example, if it's a USB serial device then you'll have "ttyUSB0".
All the Vitamins I need! Thank you very much I now have data coming in ( in abundance) Solved the problem.. once I have calibrated my charts and other details I am confident Ship Plotter will work in Wine see www.ayland.eu/ais/html for results