Dermot Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 USB Solution for Freescan For a while now there has been a need to develop a reliable solution that will allow PC uses with just USB ports to run Freescan which operates via a serial interface. This afternoon a sucessfully run Freescan on my car with a USB-serial interface. It is plug and play, works on my Dell laptop with Win XP. It is a nice solution. Drivers for all other flavours of Windows available. Will bring it along to show on Sunday. I have been working on this for a while and tried loads on different adaptors. Kato will be offering them on LEW but we may want to have a group purchase. Dermot Quote Lotusesprit.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibs Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 Dermot, are you in contact with Andy Whittaker? Would there be a chance of any further development into a PDA based version of the software? Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregg89et Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 Congrats on your results. I know there are a few folks that are in need of this interface. Myself included. Gregg 89ET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermot Posted August 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 Andy Whittaker not replied to my emails for about 2 years. I don't think anyone else has much joy either. Dermot Quote Lotusesprit.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Posted August 20, 2005 Report Share Posted August 20, 2005 If you are keeping a tally, count me in as interested! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmavore Posted August 20, 2005 Report Share Posted August 20, 2005 Myself and others have been using USB for a while now: http://www.akmcables.com/ Quote Luke Colorado, Super Spy. - Lotus Owner No Longer 1987 Zender Widebody 560SEC | 1994 Lotus Esprit S4 | 2013 Honda Fit EV (#269) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermot Posted August 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2005 Luke, Yes I know about these. The cost is comparable when you take into account shipping, import duty, VAT and handling fees. We also have some people who already have serial interfaces and change computers. So we can now offer either interface. Please email me if anyone is interested. Dermot Quote Lotusesprit.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarcus Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 Would there be a chance of any further development into a PDA based version of the software? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> There was a version of Freescan for the Palm platform some time ago, Palmscan IIRC, Dermot emailed it to me some time ago but I can't lay my hands on it right now. Given the changes in the Palm pilots over the intervening years I suspect it won't work on more modern ones (certainly not on the USB-only ones as they lack serial support) but old Palms are readily available on Ebay. If all you want is a highly portable solution then an old palm and palmscan would probably do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techspy Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 I am interested in the usb solution. Count me in if there is a group purchase. Quote John 94 S4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjmuurling Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 Hello, I've been using a PCMCIA serial card for some time as my IBM laptop lacks a serial port and it works great. It gives your laptop a legacy COM port. The card i use is Quatech SSP-100 in combination with the andy whittaker interface. Quote Esprit Freak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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