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Z88
Speed
The speed of the transfer depends on the following:-
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Most desktops now have USB and not Serial ports. EazyLink2 will only work with a Serial to USB converter that the flow control supports 'hardware handshaking' and a driver available for the Operating System you are using. The cable type puts less strain onto the connectors than the adapter type.
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This program has been designed to work with different Operating Systems, with different Serial/USB cables. Please help us update the 'Truth Table' below, with your results.
Just because a Serial / USB cable works with another program does not mean it will work with this one. Are the latest drivers being used? |
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The following table shows tables show what has been tested, using the protocol test feature in the Eazylink2 application. If the The table shows
= tested (complete protocol test passed for 9600 BPS and 38400 BPS)
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The WCN Download site is in Chinese. Use the ZIP files and turn on translate. |
Tested configurations OZ 4.5
| Hardware | USB Serial Cables | |||||||||||||||
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 RS-232 |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||
PCI2S550 |  FT232R |
FT232R CHIPI-X10 |
FT232R
| CH340 |  PL2303 | PL2303RA
|  USA-19HS USA-49WG | |||||||||
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| Driver comments | Mac OSX: VCP 2.2.18 | Linux / rPi: Built-in | ||||||||||||||
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| OS | USER REPORT | |||||||||||||||
| not avail. | | GS | ||||||||||||||
 x386 / x86_64 | GS | |||||||||||||||
 Arm 32bit | | | GS | |||||||||||||
 x86_64 | | VG | x86_64 |
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| | | VG GS | |||||||||||||
| Price | £8.32 | £2.21 | £11.59 | £26.02 | VG | |||||||||||
Price | £26.25 | £6.95 +£9.95 | £12.36 | £10.99 | £1.37 | £12.95 | £7.49 | £25.86 | VG | |||||||
Tested configurations Eazylink Popdown 5.2.3-06
Update Drivers
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 | Before running the program, it can be useful to know the device name that the operating system has allocated to the serial port you are using to connect to the Z88. This is either a physical number that is on the computer e,g, COM.1 COM.2 (device names on Windows), or a virtual one (see below). If you are using a Serial to USB converter the driver will automatically allocate a new serial port device name. Please refer to the manufacturer's instructions for details how to find out that name (COM port number on Windows). This COM port may also be examined or changed in the Device Manager. Original software for the Z88 could only select COM.1 or COM.2, so if they are required, here is how to change it from COM3 (the automatic choice that was selected in this case) to COM.1. Select the
Note: The parameters shown in the 'Advanced Settings' are ignored by this program. |
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