[time-nuts] Tboltmon Serial Port Selection...??

[Matthew Smith]

Quoth Didier Juges at 2008-03-28 11:03...
> I wish I knew how to bypass that too, so if you find out, please post the
> answer back here.
...
> It is a Windows "feature" where the OS thinks the Tbolt is a serial mouse,
> and it is converting the data stream into mouse movements. And no, it does
> not work like a navigation system :-)

<ftp://ftp.trimble.com/pub/sct/embedded/bin/TrimbleGPSMonitor_V1-05-0.zip>

Extract the PDF manual from the zip file - gives instructions which 
should help.

Basically, if Windows 'sees' a constant input stream from a serial 
device, it foolishly assumes that what is connected is a mouse.  Glad I 
don't use Windows ;-)

Cheers

M

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