Hello,
Again a windows vista incompatibility
Can I make the PCS100/8031 oscilloscope to work under Windows Vista x64 ?
Or, it would be also fine, can i make it work under Virtual PC with Windows XP ? (or vmware)
Please tell me something optimistic …
In windows Vista x64 I copied the files from an windows XP installation and i recive:
Could not open the DriverLINX driver.
Please run INSTALL_DRV.EXE to install de driver.
I have run that file, but no luck; I tried to copy the dll and sys files in system32 but no luck…
In Windows XP UNDER Virtual PC (I checked the LPT option in the configuration) it simply doesn’t see the oscilloscope … It sais to power on or check the lpt cable …
The driver DriverLINX is not digitally signed. The Vista 64 bit doesn’t accept it.
I don’t know why the virtual PC doesn’t run the PCS100 software.
Do you have the LPT port (hardware) on the motherboard?
Yes, the LPT port it is on the motherboard; I tested right now, I made a backup to my vista (ghost), I’ve installed Windows XP, and i’ve tested and the oscilloscope works fine in windows XP; Back to windows Vista … .the same problem; In the Virtual PC , the same problem;
It would be very fine if it would work in a virtual machine;
This is the situation with virtual PC:
Normaly it should work ? Should I try with vmware ?
Everything what concerns the LPT port settings looks OK.
Anyhow, the error message you got indicates that the oscilloscope software can’t get any response from the oscilloscope hardware. Maybe the virtual machine do not allow direct (low level) access to the LPT port hardware…
But … Should it work with a virtual machine?
Is there any virtual machine software that support the necessary data transfer mode ?
(Now I’m trying with vmware but … no luck … )
As VEL455 already told you: Virtual PC (or other VM emulating stuff) doesn’t support direct I/O access.
For Vista, please run the software in XP compatibility mode and as administrator.
Thank you for your answers.
I tried with compatibility mode and no luck.
I was hopeing to find any solutin like … some special settings in any VM software … or some new drivers made specially for Vista.
