[Acoustics] Laptop communication errors with ADCP

[Marinna A Martini]

We have had trouble here relating to the operating system (WinXP) not 
monitoring the port continuously.
We get dropouts when downloading data from Seabird instruments.  We have 
not yet found a work around.

Cheers,
Marinna

-------- "Be seeing you..."  - The Prisoner ----------------------------
Marinna Martini,  Electronics/Ocean Engineer
USGS Woods Hole Science Center, MA
mmartini at usgs.gov, (508) 457-2326, FAX (508) 457-2313

acoustics-bounces at simon.er.usgs.gov wrote on 08/18/2006 09:13:10 AM:

> 
> We've had extensive serial communication problems with the Dell 
> 610s. We have problems communicating with DCPs and ADCPs through the
> native serial port, but low baud rate devices (GPS used with the 
> ADCP) seem to work fine. The only workaround we've found is to use 
> other serial adapters (usb to serial, CF to serial) and abandon the 
> native port except to connect to the GPS. Even this does not work 
> all the time leading me to believe that computer manufacturers have 
> fundamentally changed the way they're handling serial communications
> no matter what adapter you might use. 
> 
> IMO, we really need to push our vendors to upgrade their 
> communications protocol. DB-9 serial is just outdated at this point 
> and it's becoming near impossible to find devices that consistently 
> work with it. 
> 
> Kevin Grimsley
> Hydrologist
> USGS Louisiana Water Science Center 
> 

> 
> Marsha L Gipson <mgipson at usgs.gov> 
> Sent by: acoustics-bounces at simon.er.usgs.gov 
> 08/17/2006 04:15 PM 
> 
> To
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> acoustics at simon.er.usgs.gov 
> 
> cc
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> Troy H Brossett <brossett at usgs.gov>, GS-W-AR Computer Support <GS-W-
> AR_Computer_Support at usgs.gov> 
> 
> Subject
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> [Acoustics] Laptop communication errors with ADCP
> 
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> 
> Recently we purchased new Toughbook CF-18 and Dell D610 laptops. 
> When trying to establish communication with an RDI Rio Grande 1200 
> ADCP through radio modems, communication is never established. 
> When the command log box appears unreadable characters are seen and 
> a pop-up error message appears that says "The program cannot 
> initialize the ADCP". 
> Communication can still be established with old laptops. 
> Has anyone else experienced this problem with their new laptops? How
> was the problem resolved? 
> 
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> U.S. Geological Survey
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