Check Device Manager. If the cable shows to be a Prolific cable, roll back the driver to 3.2.0.0. A lot of ¡®Prolific cables have fake Chinese chips in them. The latest Windows drivers cause those chips to not work. Using the older driver does work. Go to www.Millie.com for more info and to find the driver.?
Jardy Dawson WA7JRD
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On Jul 22, 2021, at 13:45, Allison Hollier via groups.io <alliegirl710@...> wrote:
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Well perhaps that is the issue.? I bought a brand spanking new USB to Serial cable off Amazon, which fits from a hardware perspective, but now that I'm looking at it, it says it's an adapter, so it's probably not a true serial cable.? Byonics may be the way to go.
Thank you for the feedback. Allen.
Allison, KG5BHY
On Thursday, July 22, 2021, 01:53:41 PM CDT, vhsproducts via groups.io <vhsproducts@...> wrote:
What kind of a USB-to-Serial cable do you have, a Byonics programming cable or a standard USB-to-serial cable? The Byonics cable will power the MT-8000FA during programming to avoid problems with the high power RF, but more importantly, it has the DB-9 wired as a null modem. If you have a generic USB-serial converter, you will need a null modem cable or converter to make it work, and of course, you must have the USB drivers for either of the devices installed on your PC to establish communications.?
The MT-8000 FA needs to use an older Configuration program, you can download it here:?https://web.archive.org/web/20100402094618/http://www.byonics.com/microtrak/mt8000fa_v2.0.zip
Allen AF6OF
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Subject: [TinyTrak] Micro-trak 8000 FA config software not recognizing tracker..
I'm not sure if anyone still monitors this group but I have a Tiny Trak that is not being recognized by the software.? I have isolated every usb port I have and labeled them accordingly.? This is not a comm port issue, it's just not recognizing the software.? I've tried rebooting, , restarting the software, rebooting with the cable attached to the port, you name it.? NOTHING works.? This is the first time I've tried to do this, meaning this is the first time this computer has been used to access the tracker and I also have a brand new serial to USB cable.? It's probably not the cable ss it's brand new.? WHAT would you try?
