One of my responsibilities at my company (there are five owners, of which I am one) is to keep tabs on our computer network and make sure all our systems are working properly.
We were forced into a software upgrade (read: $3000) by Trimble Navigation because of a software coding problem that would not allow Trimble Geomatics Office to process static data collected after a certain GPS date. The new program (Trimble Business Office) has shown to have problems operating in the Windows XP Home environment. XP Pro seems to be ok. The one computer I absolutely need it to run on is a Windows 7 Pro box and it does so without issue. The problem with that particular machine is being able to connect to and download data from our GPS equipment. The new machine does not have a serial port so we have to rely on USB-Serial adapters to connect and download. To say these have been unreliable and irritating would be a colossal understatement.
This is where surfing BS comes in. I remembered that users of older serial-only Megasquirt EFI systems had to use USB adapters and I recalled reading something about them having problems. I did a quick search for "serial" and found the following quote:
I jumped from my desk, ran back to the other office, switched the buffers off, plugged in a GPS dome and *BAM* connected right up. I unplugged it, grabbed a data collector, plugged it in, and *BAM* it connected up. YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!
Problem solved. GIGANTICALLY HUGE WIN.
Thanks to everyone on here for sharing what they know because you never know when something you learn here may apply to other aspects of life.
We were forced into a software upgrade (read: $3000) by Trimble Navigation because of a software coding problem that would not allow Trimble Geomatics Office to process static data collected after a certain GPS date. The new program (Trimble Business Office) has shown to have problems operating in the Windows XP Home environment. XP Pro seems to be ok. The one computer I absolutely need it to run on is a Windows 7 Pro box and it does so without issue. The problem with that particular machine is being able to connect to and download data from our GPS equipment. The new machine does not have a serial port so we have to rely on USB-Serial adapters to connect and download. To say these have been unreliable and irritating would be a colossal understatement.
This is where surfing BS comes in. I remembered that users of older serial-only Megasquirt EFI systems had to use USB adapters and I recalled reading something about them having problems. I did a quick search for "serial" and found the following quote:
Originally posted by dieselgeek
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Problem solved. GIGANTICALLY HUGE WIN.
Thanks to everyone on here for sharing what they know because you never know when something you learn here may apply to other aspects of life.
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