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Scuba Forum / Scuba Equipment / July 2006Uwatec Aladin Prime IrDA issues?
Anyone else have problems with getting the IrDA to work with XP Home? When I install I get the option of COM3 or 4, not 1 or 2. Don't you see an "Auto" option? I can't get DataTalk to work at all but have no problems with DataTrak. > Anyone else have problems with getting the IrDA to work with XP Home? > When I install I get the option of COM3 or 4, not 1 or 2. Auto option in the SmartTrak software on when installing the IrDA? > Don't you see an "Auto" option? > > I can't get DataTalk to work at all but have no problems with DataTrak. > >> Anyone else have problems with getting the IrDA to work with XP Home? >> When I install I get the option of COM3 or 4, not 1 or 2. > Anyone else have problems with getting the IrDA to work with XP Home? No. IrDA is just an addition to the IP stack. It's all native. You either: 1) plug the dongle into a USB port or 2) enable the IrDA xcvr in your laptop Many laptops that have built-in IrDA also support a legacy serial port and the two are mutually exclusive. Generally you make this choice in the BIOS settings. You want to be using Smart Trak. There is no Com Port for IrDA. >When I install I get the option of COM3 or 4, not 1 or 2. You need to tell us more. What are you tring to install? An IrDA Adapter? If you bought one that plugs into a serial port, I think you made a mistake. Heres a USB for 6.95 http://www.buyextras.com/irdaadapters.html bullshark > > Anyone else have problems with getting the IrDA to work with XP Home? > >When I install I get the option of COM3 or 4, not 1 or 2. Ahhh. I see. It's the old "I'm taking PC advice from a Scuba Company" trick. No doubt you are using Uwatecs IrDA installation guide? Screw that, it's useless. It has nothing to do with their software, and everything to do with their original intent of selling IrDA devices. Your hardware came with instructions. Follow that. If the IrDA hardware is installed, Smart Trak will open it. Meanwhile, the comp port question is not that hard to figure, supposing that your hardware is the same as the (incredibly limited) suggestion in the Uwatec guide: Try com3, if that doesn't work, try com4. bullshark > Try com3, if that doesn't work, try com4. . . . and make sure you don't have something else using the same port. In particular, watch out for PDAs. My Palm powered Garmin PDA/GPS software loads when the computer boots and takes control of the Com port my computer uses to communicate with external devices. To download my Citizen HA, I had to manually close the Hotsync software. Lee Intersting note. After canceling the first install my attempt to reinstall came up with no ports to pick. Oh well, it's working on the wife's laptop so I can get all the dives downloaded. >> Try com3, if that doesn't work, try com4. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Lee |
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