I've read a few posts of yours in the past about serial ports and usb cables for the predators, im having some serious problems with getting the predator to communicate with my computer...

Well I've got the USB to serial port cable, but I still can't get my predator to talk to my computer, can you please offer any help on this? I am completely lost right now...thank you

-dennis

edit...once i connenct my predator to my comp, do i use the diablo pc interface?

 

BillArf hasnt posted since I caught him stealing my pictures.

 

OWN3D

 

Make sure the baud rate on the program on your PC program matches the rate on the predator.

I had the same problem, once I changed it so they matched was fine.

Bob

 

Bob, I've checked all the baud rates on the predator, pc and software and im stil getting no communication

I thought it was my COM ports, so I bought a USB/Serial Port cable...so now I have the pre3dator plugged into a USB port, but now in the Xmodem software I'm not sure what COM port I should use because it doesnt give an option for USB.

I even went to a friends house and tried his computer to amek sure it wasnt mine, and it still didnt work...wow this is making my head hut....

 

Did the serial / usb cable come with a CD?

Mine did and I had to install a driver for it to work.

I struggled with mine for a few minutes but I got it resolved.

Bob

 

It did, but Xp auto detected it, I'll go ahead and install it and see waht happens...what COM port did you set the Xmodem software too?

 

LOL!!!!

I remember that!!!

I wonder if he really even has Lightning??? Cause all the pics of the one he thinks he has probably isn't even his!!

 

OK, got it!!!! It was going through COM port 3, so that's all done, damn that was a pain! So now my next question is...do you have to have a laptop to get the real time data off the predator? Because I can't get that data software to talk to the predator now...

 

 

Sorry, after reading that, I realized that I might have been a little excited and in a hurry when I wrote that, let me try again...

Getting the USB/Serial port cable solved my file transfer problems, once I figured out that it was using COM port 3, everything went perfectly.

Afterwards I was trying to use the Live Data software, called CMR_DAT. I thought you could data log, then afterwards upload the data to my computer then view it in the software above. Is this wrong? Do you have to be using the Predator with a laptop in the truck in order to get the Live data onto the computer? From the directions it sounds that way. Has anyone had any experience with this?

-dennis

 

CMR-Dat...Tools....Get Log File from Predator


Predator....Options.....Troubleshooting....Log Upload