I have here an Ancel BA101 battery tester, discovered by way of a YT video, and it's proved to be a handy gadget to have. In the "user manual" for this device (available online) it talks about the ability to print the data. Which requires you to connect it to a computer by way of a USB cable plugged into the tester's USB port. The documentation further refers to inserting a CD into the computer (it didn't come with any CD), making sure a driver was installed, then "open the print software" and select the appropriate COM port.
I'm pretty sure that I don't need to install a driver, since I can connect all sorts of USB stuff to this computer with no problems. I'm not sure what print software they refer to here -- the illustration seems to refer to "PrintCOM v1.50421" which appears to have print, clear, and COM port selection options but also appears to be some kind of windoze software. How would I address accessing this device under linux and getting its info out to my printer? -- Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters" - Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James M Dakin
