http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:11:12 -0400 MyBB http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=50 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:39:37 -0400 http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=50 I attached couple screen shots to better explain the issue.

My problem:
Logger log only 00 or .

What I am doing.
I attached logger directly to com port of my computer (COM1).
On other size of the logger I attached a plug which will redirect all output from com port back so it become input to same port. (In that way I can see what I am typing).

Now I start hyper-terminal and start typing. I will type just one letter: 'a'. Hyper-terminal successfully display this letter (I attached plug on the end of the logger. This plug redirect all output from com port back as input). But output from logger displays only 00.
I would expect to see in logger log my letter 'a'.

My question:
What I did wrong. Why I am not seeing letter 'a' in logger log?]]> I attached couple screen shots to better explain the issue.

My problem:
Logger log only 00 or .

What I am doing.
I attached logger directly to com port of my computer (COM1).
On other size of the logger I attached a plug which will redirect all output from com port back so it become input to same port. (In that way I can see what I am typing).

Now I start hyper-terminal and start typing. I will type just one letter: 'a'. Hyper-terminal successfully display this letter (I attached plug on the end of the logger. This plug redirect all output from com port back as input). But output from logger displays only 00.
I would expect to see in logger log my letter 'a'.

My question:
What I did wrong. Why I am not seeing letter 'a' in logger log?]]> http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=49 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:31:45 -0400 http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=49
Is the Versa-Tap the product that we need? The webpage lists RS-485 support, but the quick start guide only mentions wiring for RS232 and RS422. For RS485, would we follow the wiring for RS232?

If we wanted to use the Versa-Tap in a "sniffing" role, I believe we would "cut" the RS485 cable and insert it between the devices on the modbus network. Does this make sense?

We also really like the LIB/DLL API, as we will be incorporating the Versa-Tap into our own software application.]]>
Is the Versa-Tap the product that we need? The webpage lists RS-485 support, but the quick start guide only mentions wiring for RS232 and RS422. For RS485, would we follow the wiring for RS232?

If we wanted to use the Versa-Tap in a "sniffing" role, I believe we would "cut" the RS485 cable and insert it between the devices on the modbus network. Does this make sense?

We also really like the LIB/DLL API, as we will be incorporating the Versa-Tap into our own software application.]]> http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=47 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:53:34 -0400 http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=47 http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=46 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:29:44 -0400 http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=46
I'm encouraging our customers to comment.]]>
I'm encouraging our customers to comment.]]> http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=45 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:03:49 -0400 http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=45
I need to apologize to everyone as I did get the versa-Tap working. It is just not compatible with a number of 3rd party communications programs. It works well with EZ-View however.

Ron]]>
I need to apologize to everyone as I did get the versa-Tap working. It is just not compatible with a number of 3rd party communications programs. It works well with EZ-View however.

Ron]]> http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=44 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:50:12 -0400 http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=44
In screen capture cap1 I've captured some data packets of 12 bytes that sends every ~100ms the packet starts with 0x05.

If I then switch the display mode to single byte mode is see the packets as expected including timing (cap2).

when I switch back to line mode the display is now correct (cap3) the missing bytes are now being displayed.

Thoughts on why the display is not correct when capturing data?]]>
In screen capture cap1 I've captured some data packets of 12 bytes that sends every ~100ms the packet starts with 0x05.

If I then switch the display mode to single byte mode is see the packets as expected including timing (cap2).

when I switch back to line mode the display is now correct (cap3) the missing bytes are now being displayed.

Thoughts on why the display is not correct when capturing data?]]> http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=43 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:51:09 -0400 http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=43
I have been using Versa Tap with great success in RS 485 buses in my Model Railway system. Unfortunately initializing EzView.exe is only successful every second time. When unsuccessful an error message: "EzTap device could not be found" appears. It is merely a nuisance and I was wondering if there is an answer to this?

Best regards

Chris]]>
I have been using Versa Tap with great success in RS 485 buses in my Model Railway system. Unfortunately initializing EzView.exe is only successful every second time. When unsuccessful an error message: "EzTap device could not be found" appears. It is merely a nuisance and I was wondering if there is an answer to this?

Best regards

Chris]]> http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=42 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:18:21 -0400 http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=42 In using the display modes Single Byte and Line Mode, single byte shows every single "byte" being transmitted and received while the Line Mode seems to lose bytes on me, making me believe I don't have complete transmissions of my queries and responses. Any workaround or fix or reason for this? I've attached 2 data files as examples.
Thanks,
Dave]]> In using the display modes Single Byte and Line Mode, single byte shows every single "byte" being transmitted and received while the Line Mode seems to lose bytes on me, making me believe I don't have complete transmissions of my queries and responses. Any workaround or fix or reason for this? I've attached 2 data files as examples.
Thanks,
Dave]]> http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=41 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:39:07 -0400 http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=41
I have just got the Versa Tap and tried it out. It worked Ok. Then I tried to firmware update to version 22 but it hung on "Writing....".

Is it safe to kill the process and restart?

Thanks
Jeff]]>
I have just got the Versa Tap and tried it out. It worked Ok. Then I tried to firmware update to version 22 but it hung on "Writing....".

Is it safe to kill the process and restart?

Thanks
Jeff]]> http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=40 Fri, 07 May 2010 12:18:47 -0400 http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=40
When the EZ Tap pro comes up and runs it works great, I've been able to capture logs to save out as data or text files which have been quite useful; but I'm having alot of trouble with consistancy. ie: It often takes me two hours of playing with it to just get the EZView application to come up and recognize the EZ Tap, and once it is up, it's only a matter of time before EZView freezes up and I have to restart the process again. I reboot the computer, unplug and reconnect the EZ Tap's USB line, I disconnect from the target device, ... but so far haven't found any magic order that will result in EZView coming up properly. Do you have any suggestions?

If it helps: the computer is a fairly new Toshiba laptop running Win7x64, I think I have the latest versions from your site; EZView V1.4.7.0, EZTap FW V22, drivers V2.06.

Often the EZView window does not come up at all. In the task manager I see nothing on the application page, but I do find EZView_1_4_7_0.exe*32 on the process page taking about 50% of the cpu and sitting at 2368k memory usage. I have to manually kill the unresponsive process to try again. Sometimes the page will come up andI get "EZTap device not found", othertimes it comes up and the AboutEZView page shows EZView Version 1.4.7; Driver Version 25; Device Version is either N/A, EZTap+, FWVer9, or EZTapPro,FWVer22 (when it's working correctly).

This morning I'm trying it on another laptop (older one running WinVista32bit). Reminded me of another question, is it normal for the firmware update to take about an hour to complete? I think that's how long it took the first time. Since I'm restarting everything on another machine I decided to redo the FW update as well, it's currently at ~45minutes with just "Initializing USB port...Done" on the screen.
Thanks,
Stan.]]>
When the EZ Tap pro comes up and runs it works great, I've been able to capture logs to save out as data or text files which have been quite useful; but I'm having alot of trouble with consistancy. ie: It often takes me two hours of playing with it to just get the EZView application to come up and recognize the EZ Tap, and once it is up, it's only a matter of time before EZView freezes up and I have to restart the process again. I reboot the computer, unplug and reconnect the EZ Tap's USB line, I disconnect from the target device, ... but so far haven't found any magic order that will result in EZView coming up properly. Do you have any suggestions?

If it helps: the computer is a fairly new Toshiba laptop running Win7x64, I think I have the latest versions from your site; EZView V1.4.7.0, EZTap FW V22, drivers V2.06.

Often the EZView window does not come up at all. In the task manager I see nothing on the application page, but I do find EZView_1_4_7_0.exe*32 on the process page taking about 50% of the cpu and sitting at 2368k memory usage. I have to manually kill the unresponsive process to try again. Sometimes the page will come up andI get "EZTap device not found", othertimes it comes up and the AboutEZView page shows EZView Version 1.4.7; Driver Version 25; Device Version is either N/A, EZTap+, FWVer9, or EZTapPro,FWVer22 (when it's working correctly).

This morning I'm trying it on another laptop (older one running WinVista32bit). Reminded me of another question, is it normal for the firmware update to take about an hour to complete? I think that's how long it took the first time. Since I'm restarting everything on another machine I decided to redo the FW update as well, it's currently at ~45minutes with just "Initializing USB port...Done" on the screen.
Thanks,
Stan.]]> http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=39 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:29:50 -0400 http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=39 new EZTap pro user with probably a basic question, but what does the DCE_PAR and DTE_PAR mean in the break column?
Thanks.]]> new EZTap pro user with probably a basic question, but what does the DCE_PAR and DTE_PAR mean in the break column?
Thanks.]]> http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=38 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:10:37 -0500 http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=38

Connect two computers together back-to-back with an RS232 null modem cable. Run a copy of Hyperteminal in each computer, set them up for the same com parameters, and verify that you can type data into one and view it from the other. After this has been done, connect the EZ-Tap in line with the null-modem cable and verify that you can monitor data correctly using EZ-View. If you can get the two computers working together with Hyperterminal and still can’t get EZ-Tap/EZ-View to work, we will send you a new unit.]]>

Connect two computers together back-to-back with an RS232 null modem cable. Run a copy of Hyperteminal in each computer, set them up for the same com parameters, and verify that you can type data into one and view it from the other. After this has been done, connect the EZ-Tap in line with the null-modem cable and verify that you can monitor data correctly using EZ-View. If you can get the two computers working together with Hyperterminal and still can’t get EZ-Tap/EZ-View to work, we will send you a new unit.]]> http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=37 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:12:15 -0500 http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=37 http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=34 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:52:20 -0400 http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=34
Trying to install on W2K. Plugged unit into the USB port, Found New Hardward wizards wants ftdibus.sys. I point it at the i386 folder of the unzipped "CDM 2.02.04 WHQL Certified" and its happy.

Next, the driver installation wants "ftdiunin.exe" from the FTDI USB Drivers Disk. Um, this isnt in the zip file. Where should I get this file from? If I cancel, the installation is stopped.

Win2000 installation guide says try going to FTDI web site at ftdichip.com for latest CDM drivers. Hmmm, site doesnt seem to have any links to "CDM" drivers.

The FTDI knowledge base for "Windows 2000 Installation" shows dialogs discussing Windows XP certification ... that can't be right.

Think maybe I'm stuck, any advice?
Is there a different zip?]]>
Trying to install on W2K. Plugged unit into the USB port, Found New Hardward wizards wants ftdibus.sys. I point it at the i386 folder of the unzipped "CDM 2.02.04 WHQL Certified" and its happy.

Next, the driver installation wants "ftdiunin.exe" from the FTDI USB Drivers Disk. Um, this isnt in the zip file. Where should I get this file from? If I cancel, the installation is stopped.

Win2000 installation guide says try going to FTDI web site at ftdichip.com for latest CDM drivers. Hmmm, site doesnt seem to have any links to "CDM" drivers.

The FTDI knowledge base for "Windows 2000 Installation" shows dialogs discussing Windows XP certification ... that can't be right.

Think maybe I'm stuck, any advice?
Is there a different zip?]]> http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=33 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:35:18 -0400 http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=33
From the data I dumped using EZ-PRO the machine control is using the break signal as part of it's protocol. I am having trouble duplicating that using VB and the MSComm. I know to toggle the break signal and on and off. But I am not sure what I am supposed to be doing with it. I am supposed to leave it on for each byte of data I send. Or send a byte of data and then toggle.

Also I am confused how I supposed to receive any data from the controller.

Any insight would be appreciated.]]>
From the data I dumped using EZ-PRO the machine control is using the break signal as part of it's protocol. I am having trouble duplicating that using VB and the MSComm. I know to toggle the break signal and on and off. But I am not sure what I am supposed to be doing with it. I am supposed to leave it on for each byte of data I send. Or send a byte of data and then toggle.

Also I am confused how I supposed to receive any data from the controller.

Any insight would be appreciated.]]> http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=32 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:26:10 -0400 http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=32
Wat do these *** mean ?]]>
Wat do these *** mean ?]]> http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=31 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:07:18 -0400 http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=31 Hi. I am trying to get EZTapDriverDLL.dll working with Visual C# 2008 Express Edition by adding it as a Reference.

Unfortunately it is not recognized by Visual C#. What is the trick to being able to call these DLL functions?

Thanks,
Paul]]> Hi. I am trying to get EZTapDriverDLL.dll working with Visual C# 2008 Express Edition by adding it as a Reference.

Unfortunately it is not recognized by Visual C#. What is the trick to being able to call these DLL functions?

Thanks,
Paul]]> http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=30 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:21:27 -0400 http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=30
I have successfully had my 24V high/low signals modified to be read by the EZ-tap PRO while still monitoring my rs232 communication. Thanks for the awesome service, I am the guy who drove to meet you before heading out to Korea (still there).

I was wondering when (rough timing is fine as this is just a question) if ever you plan to initiate a continuous logging feature for the EZ-View software...

Also I am considering the buffer as bytes as such I will have files that end at 28MB? Or is that max lines of buffer (like a terminal)? Even then though it falls very short of what I need for just a daily operation (we discussed that it should last about a day or a week depending on traffic but I think neither of us expected the traffic I am finding).

Thanks]]>
I have successfully had my 24V high/low signals modified to be read by the EZ-tap PRO while still monitoring my rs232 communication. Thanks for the awesome service, I am the guy who drove to meet you before heading out to Korea (still there).

I was wondering when (rough timing is fine as this is just a question) if ever you plan to initiate a continuous logging feature for the EZ-View software...

Also I am considering the buffer as bytes as such I will have files that end at 28MB? Or is that max lines of buffer (like a terminal)? Even then though it falls very short of what I need for just a daily operation (we discussed that it should last about a day or a week depending on traffic but I think neither of us expected the traffic I am finding).

Thanks]]> http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=29 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:10:15 -0500 http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=29
- The device seems to drop data. Some of the communication between the control PC and the controlled device is missing in the log. I do not believe this are real communication issues since then the controlled device would simply stop working

- The time stamps of the communication are just some erratic numbers

- The EZ View software doesn't start up. An entry appears in the task manager process view, but there is no program window displayed.

Could you please give me some advice

Thanks a lot

Erwin]]>
- The device seems to drop data. Some of the communication between the control PC and the controlled device is missing in the log. I do not believe this are real communication issues since then the controlled device would simply stop working

- The time stamps of the communication are just some erratic numbers

- The EZ View software doesn't start up. An entry appears in the task manager process view, but there is no program window displayed.

Could you please give me some advice

Thanks a lot

Erwin]]> http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=27 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:01:45 -0500 http://www.stratusengineering.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=27
My project involves a breadboarded MAX3232 chip that successfully communicates with an RS232 peripheral, also breadboarded.

So far I have fed my signals from the breadboard TX pin to RX EZ-Tap from TX EZ-Tap to RX breadboard pin. All signals are at RS232 levels and I do get some garbage via the EZ-View program but there seems to be alot of noise, which I haven't observed with previous instruments, and I don't recognize the data stream.

I have read the recommended links and much of this forum but I still need some help to confirm the wiring of the male/female DB9 connectors and how it should hook into the circuit.

Thanks]]>
My project involves a breadboarded MAX3232 chip that successfully communicates with an RS232 peripheral, also breadboarded.

So far I have fed my signals from the breadboard TX pin to RX EZ-Tap from TX EZ-Tap to RX breadboard pin. All signals are at RS232 levels and I do get some garbage via the EZ-View program but there seems to be alot of noise, which I haven't observed with previous instruments, and I don't recognize the data stream.

I have read the recommended links and much of this forum but I still need some help to confirm the wiring of the male/female DB9 connectors and how it should hook into the circuit.

Thanks]]>