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Am Sun, 19 Mar 2017 09:09:51 +0100 |
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schrieb tuxic@××××××.de: |
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> Hi, |
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> I have a smart NiMH-charger with serial port (normally used to |
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> dump chargeing curves to the PC). |
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> The chargers firmware can bei flashed with a flashtool provided |
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> by the vendor. The communication is via serial port. I have |
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> a PCI=>serial.ports-card installed in my PC. |
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> The command |
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> file <flashing tool> |
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> results in this information |
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> PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows |
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> . As Linux user by heart I have no Windows. |
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> May the attempt to install wine and use it for this purpose |
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> a thinkable way or are the precoditions that way, that it |
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> is due to those a NO-NO...? |
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Flashing via serial port should be no problem from within Wine. It |
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requires no special driver implementation. |
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However, if the hardware implements its own driver behind the serial |
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port, it won't work anyways because on the Wine side there will be no |
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such driver. |
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So I think, it should either work or fail early without doing damage. |
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> Does anyone have experience with such an attempt? |
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I'm usually doing such things from VirtualBox by passing through the |
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hardware (usually USB, that's easily done from within the GUI). |
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VirtualBox can also pass COM ports to the VM. You may want to try that |
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as a second chance. |
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Regards, |
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Kai |
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