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Weather software problems
kathy:
Ok, I have uninstalled and reinstalled the driver for the SW-1301, again.
It did not help anything.
I also tried to use driver download for 10Gear, but did not work at all.
The length of time before I get blue screen seems to vary, from several seconds after the download begins to 1-2 minutes.
One thing I have forgot to mention, Lacrosse thought I had some virus program interfering, yet when I disabled those, it hasn't seemed to help. I have Norton...........
Any other suggestions????
wuhu_software:
--- Quote from: "kathy" ---Ok, I have uninstalled and reinstalled the driver for the SW-1301, again.
It did not help anything.
I also tried to use driver download for 10Gear, but did not work at all.
The length of time before I get blue screen seems to vary, from several seconds after the download begins to 1-2 minutes.
One thing I have forgot to mention, Lacrosse thought I had some virus program interfering, yet when I disabled those, it hasn't seemed to help. I have Norton...........
Any other suggestions????
--- End quote ---
I am wondering if the IOGear driver would work since it is the same chipset.
You could try installing their driver and see if it works:
http://www.iogear.com/main.php?loc=dm&driver&Item=GUC232A
Short of that I would either:
1) Get the IOGear USB adapter. I know it works.
2) Install a real serial port in the machine. This is probably the prefered route but if you are not comfortable adding a PC board to the computer, that could get complicated.
Try the other driver and let me know if it works.
Thanks.
kathy:
this is my update:
So far, I have tried using the driver from 10Gear as you suggested. Either I've done something wrong (each time I had downloaded it) or is just won't work for connection,
I have been in contact w/ Microsoft re Windows XP problems, theyfixed unrelated problems (so I could make sure I had the most current updates, etc.) and said they couldn't help me w/ weather station problem.
That I would need to try a forum. (funny, I thought that was what I was doing here).
I have again contacted Lacrosse and they claim its windows xp and all the update(grades?) they are doing. When I tried to pin her down as to what could be done to resolve problem, "they are running tests and if they find a solution, I will be notified"
So short of buying the other adapter, & how do we know it will work w/ this weather station?, any other ideas?
Thanks
Also on a slightly different problem, but potentially related, how do I get my email address changed here at forum. You know, new provider, new email address................
thanks again
racenet:
--- Quote from: "kathy" ---
Also on a slightly different problem, but potentially related, how do I get my email address changed here at forum. You know, new provider, new email address................
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Use the "Profile" button at the top of every page. :wink:
Bob
wuhu_software:
--- Quote from: "kathy" ---this is my update:
So far, I have tried using the driver from 10Gear as you suggested. Either I've done something wrong (each time I had downloaded it) or is just won't work for connection,
I have been in contact w/ Microsoft re Windows XP problems, theyfixed unrelated problems (so I could make sure I had the most current updates, etc.) and said they couldn't help me w/ weather station problem.
That I would need to try a forum. (funny, I thought that was what I was doing here).
I have again contacted Lacrosse and they claim its windows xp and all the update(grades?) they are doing. When I tried to pin her down as to what could be done to resolve problem, "they are running tests and if they find a solution, I will be notified"
So short of buying the other adapter, & how do we know it will work w/ this weather station?, any other ideas?
Thanks
Also on a slightly different problem, but potentially related, how do I get my email address changed here at forum. You know, new provider, new email address................
thanks again
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Kathy,
It seems that you are not the only person having a problem with that serial adapter. Another user is reporting the blue screen of death with the error "IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL".
http://www.sewellsupport.com/archives/usb-to-serial-com-port-assignment
Since Sewell believes that when you receive the magic Microsoft stamp of approval (aka Microsoft Certified), their driver can do no wrong, you are pretty much SOL. I have seen many certified drivers that are defective.
In the tech blog, Sewell points to a MS article about this error. Included in the list of possible causes is a "Buggy Driver".
My guess is that this Sewell USB adapter has a defective driver and that you will be trying to get help with it until you are blue in the face (no pun intended). You could also post on the Sewell tech blog to see if you can motivate them to address the problem but I would not count on that.
As I mentioned before, I would either get the IOGear adapter or a real serial port in order to correct.
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