On Wednesday 23 October 2024 11:14:52 am Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 6:38 AM George at Clug <c...@goproject.info> wrote: > > > > I have been following the comments on this topic. From what I can tell, > > the company does not provide Linux drivers or software. > > > > A friend of mine managed to access a heart rate monitor by using DOS > > emulation and the original DOS software. > > > > Maybe you could use Wine to run the Windows "Printer_boxed.exe" software > > (see download page URL below) ? > > > > Not having Ancel BA101 battery tester, I am not able to test. > > > > https://www.anceltech.com/product/detail?id=1086074596467142656 > > > > https://www.anceltech.com/Public/Uploads/filetxt/20211007/6638733e-2053-4706-b775-e85cc12931ed.pdf > > > > Here are a few words from the later (BA201) model's manual says: > > > > https://www.anceltech.com/Public/Uploads/filetxt/20211007/8f5feaf1-3a4d-4090-89cd-d655de60c21d.pdf > > > > This function allows you to update the tool software. > > To update the tool, you need the following items. > > 1. ANCEL BA201 Battery tester tool > > 2. A windows PC or laptop with USB ports > > 3. A USB cable > > > > 1) downloading the applications from ANCEL website. > > www.anceltech.com > > 2) run btlink.exe in your computer(Mac OS and linux does not compatible) > > > > 3.5 Print > > The Print Data function allows printing out testing data recorded by the > > testing tool for or customized test reports. > > To print out retrieved data, you need the following tools: > > 1.The tester tool > > 2.A windows PC or Iaptop with USB ports > > 3.A USB cable > > 1) download the applications from ANCEL website. > > www.anceltech.com > > 2) connect the tester tool to computer with the USB cable supplied > > 3) run btlink.exe in your computer, as below > > Installing software from a Chinese vendor does not give me a warm and > fuzzy feeling. > > Jeff
Just so. Looking at log files, the computer _does_ see the device when I plug it in, telling me that it's seeing a CH340 chip. In some messing around a while back, I had two of these visible in terminal windows when I was playing with an ESP32 a while back. I can't recall how I did that, though. Which is why I asked how one might do that in here... I did hear from the company, who gave me the very unhelpful advice to try the software on a windows box. I informed them that there was no windows box at all here, and that they were not addressing my question, which was asking for technical details of what the device wanted. When I plug it in to a USB port, it does liight up. I can scroll down to the print option and select that. What it does at that point I don't know, as I don't have anything looking at that port at the moment, I just need a bit of refreshing my memory as to how... -- 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
