Vince Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Qs, i am looking at purchasing a Asus Eee 701 7" laptop for my Primera and was wondering if PCLink has been tested on Linux operating system. Thanks in advance Vince Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Posted March 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 would be still good to nkow if it is Linux compatible.. but I will just strip it and load XP Pro.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashesman Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 PCLink is Windows only.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Gardner Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 I too would like to see a version for linux. I have used PCLink 3.33 in wine(Windows Emulation Software for linux) successfully, but was unable at actually connecting to the ECU. wine allows the connection of external ports, but it seems to me like the software is expecting the usb driver or something. so maybe all that is needed is a usb driver for the software to be used in wine under linux? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashesman Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 PCLink only uses RS232 (COM) ports. When connecting with USB, Windows creates a virtual com port for PCLink to connect to that just looks like a normal serial port to PCLink. If your wine didn't work then chances are that it does not handle serial ports properly or something in that area. It has only ever been designed for windows and will not be built for Linux due to lack of demand... Perhaps doing a dual boot setup with a minimal windows install and a seperate Linux install might be the answer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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