Has anyone any experience using the 'vintage' communication and development tools for the HP48 on a more contemporary (Win 7/8/10) PC? I certainly have an FTDI cable and HP48 cables.
(or need I resurrect a Win98 PC?)
Thank you,
TomC
(10-02-2016 04:48 PM)TomC Wrote: [ -> ]Has anyone any experience using the 'vintage' communication and development tools for the HP48 on a more contemporary (Win 7/8/10) PC? I certainly have an FTDI cable and HP48 cables.
(or need I resurrect a Win98 PC?)
Thank you,
TomC
Tom, HP's latest Connkit4 (
here) runs fine on Win7x64 and works perfectly with a 48GX, though not the SX. When you begin, you need to 'bootstrap' by downloading the (included) XMODEM library to the 48GX; just follow the instructions. The only thing in Connkit4 that seems to not always work (with a 48GX) is the feature to capture screen-shots.
I've been using Debug4x for a while now on my Win7 laptop without any problems. Most of what I do is SysRPL and Saturn for 48sx/48g/48gx/49g+/50g, but I occasionally do UserRPL as well.
I use a regular serial port/cable for communicating with the 48 variants, so I can't comment about the FTDI cable. The standard USB cable works fine for me using the 49g+/50g.
As Bob points out, you are best off using the XMODEM server that the HP ConnKit can install for you on the 48g or 48gx. It's much faster than using a Kermit connection, and works seamlessly with HP's Connectivity Kit. For communicating with my 48sx, I use
HPComm 2.4. There's a newer version of that app, but I could never get the installer to work properly so I've simply stuck with the older one when linking with the 48sx.
So, I ran conn4.exe which showed me that it was extracting files....but I cannot find where they went! What are the files called? I searched documents, program files and program files (64bit). Oit!
(10-02-2016 06:16 PM)rprosperi Wrote: [ -> ] (10-02-2016 04:48 PM)TomC Wrote: [ -> ]Has anyone any experience using the 'vintage' communication and development tools for the HP48 on a more contemporary (Win 7/8/10) PC? I certainly have an FTDI cable and HP48 cables.
(or need I resurrect a Win98 PC?)
Thank you,
TomC
Tom, HP's latest Connkit4 (here) runs fine on Win7x64 and works perfectly with a 48GX, though not the SX. When you begin, you need to 'bootstrap' by downloading the (included) XMODEM library to the 48GX; just follow the instructions. The only thing in Connkit4 that seems to not always work (with a 48GX) is the feature to capture screen-shots.
(10-29-2016 10:34 PM)TomC Wrote: [ -> ]So, I ran conn4.exe which showed me that it was extracting files....but I cannot find where they went! What are the files called? I searched documents, program files and program files (64bit). Oit!
Mine is in Program File (x86)/Hewlett-Packard/Conn4x
Brad
(10-30-2016 02:08 AM)Brad Barton Wrote: [ -> ]Mine is in Program File (x86)/Hewlett-Packard/Conn4x
Same here; I'm using Win-7 Pro x64.
The setup Program also created a program group (in the Start... All Programs menu) called "HP48g,49g,50g series Calculator Connectivity Kit"
Ok, so I never got to the bottom of why the files were not extracted, but I got a copy of conn4x.zip, downloaded and extracted it myself. Installation seems fine.
How does one get Conn4x to recognize com10 or com8? As I recall it would only recognized com1 or com2.
BTW this is on a Win8.1 machine.
TomC
(11-06-2016 02:43 AM)TomC Wrote: [ -> ]Ok, so I never got to the bottom of why the files were not extracted, but I got a copy of conn4x.zip, downloaded and extracted it myself. Installation seems fine.
How does one get Conn4x to recognize com10 or com8? As I recall it would only recognized com1 or com2.
BTW this is on a Win8.1 machine.
TomC
Conn4x sees COM5 (USB virtual COM port) on my Win7x64 machine doing nothing special. As COM10 or COM8 are presumably virtual COM ports, are the drivers installed?
Yes, the usb/serial adaptor is properly installed on the Win8 PC.
The Conn window shows only 'Auto'. When I tell it to connect, I get the error..
TomC
I'be tried a different USB/Com cable which now shows up as Com3.
Still Conn4x shows only 'Auto' in the 'Connect Using' window.
Using File/Connect yields an error window.
I noticed the help in Conn4x (I'm using Version 2 Build 542) shows only Com1 or Com2 in the help files.
TomC