Hi all,
not sure about all the technical stuff your talking about but i have found the following using the genuine unit-
With CPS plus you can filter unwanted bits of info, you can substitute bits for different bits(ie a space for a .) good for text to column in excel also remove the last 15 bits(the split which appears even with button off). it also needs a baude rate of 1200, no parity, 8 bits and xonxoff.
Its worth getting it to work as we are getting great results.
Rod