Just trying to hook up the Alge S4 to Split Second for the first time. Using a DB9 to USB adapter. The Setup and Test window is not showing any raw data coming from the timer.
However, I went into Hyperterminal and tried accessing the same COM port as is defined for the DB9 serial to USB adapter, and as soon as I connected it dumped all the timer line entries in memory. Went back to Split Second and the COM port in WinXp with the same configuration as HyperTerminal, and still no response.
It looks like Hyperterminal is able to cause the Alge S4 timer to spill it's memory through the COM port, but Split Second isn't.
I should add that when I tried HyperTerminal to see the data from COM4, it would only work in hardware "flow control".
I also tried this with a different Laptop (HP vs IBM) and this different laptop had a hardware COM port built into the laptop. This had all the same results as described so far.
I also ensured I went into the WinXp COM configuration to make sure it was configured with flow control of hardware (vs the default of none) - no effect.
If I had to guess, I would guess that Split Second is causing the data not to be sent from the Alge S4 memory due to a flow control configuration it uses when it connects.
Does anyone know why this is happening?
Thanks.
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