Labtool48 troubles

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lazarus79
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Labtool48 troubles

Postby lazarus79 » 20 May 2015 18:36

Hi everyone, I hope you can help me! I recently purchased a labtool 48 (standard 48 that needs a parallel port) and am having trouble. My PC does not have a parallel port so I purchased a fully functioning (not just for printers) PCI to parallel port card and it is on the device manager on windows XP as LTP1 and is fully working. Yet when I open the software for the labtool 48 I get a message saying it cant find the labtool 48 and thats all I can do. I have tried palying with a couple of settings but nothing. Please could someone help? thanks

Dataman (Neil Parker)
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Re: Labtool48 troubles

Postby Dataman (Neil Parker) » 21 May 2015 08:30

Hello lazarus79,

The Dataman-48 (Labtool-48) must be connected directly to the on board parallel port of the host computer. The parallel port mode must be set to ECP or EPP mode in the PC BIOS. Due to the non-standard way in which the programmer uses the parallel port it will not work with any expansion cards or other types of converter, as far as we know.

If you have any further questions, please contact me.

Best regards,

Neil Parker
Dataman Programmers

lazarus79
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Re: Labtool48 troubles

Postby lazarus79 » 21 May 2015 14:42

Hi thanks for your reply, that explains why I cant use it. So I guess that leaves me the option of buying an old pc with a parallel port or a new dataman 48uxp. can the 48 be upgraded to work on my pc though? and if so how?

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Re: Labtool48 troubles

Postby lazarus79 » 21 May 2015 15:52

oh and please could you tell me if it would work with an older laptop (such as a dell d610) that has a parallel port built in? thanks very much for your help

Dataman (Neil Parker)
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Re: Labtool48 troubles

Postby Dataman (Neil Parker) » 22 May 2015 09:04

Hello lazarus79,

Please confirm if you have the original Dataman-48 or Dataman-48LV model, as you may need to purchase the LV upgrade kit as well as the UXP upgrade kit.

It is possible to check the situation with the programmer model, the PCB version can be found in the corner of the top PCB inside the programmer.

A. D-48 ( Firmware Version 1.9 ) *(1) can not be upgraded to D-48UXP.
B. D-48LV ( Firmware Version 2.0 and Above ) *(2) can be upgraded to D-48UXP, please order the UXP Upgrade Kit.
C. D-48XP can be upgraded to D-48UXP, please order the UXP Upgrade Kit.

*1: No support for 3.3V device, upper PCB version is A3.0 or earlier
*2: Support for 3.3V device, upper PCB version is B1.0

48 = board version A3.0 or earlier
48LV = board version B1.0 or later

The Dataman-48/48LV programmer is supported under Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000 using software v4.67.

If you require support for Windows XP or above then you will need to purchase the UXP upgrade kit. The UXP hardware upgrade kit for 48LV adds USB 2.0 connectivity, support for Windows XP / Vista (32-bit only) / Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) / Windows 8 (32-bit and 64-bit) and access to the latest device support.

The included software license is valid for 2 years and provides access to software updates released within this time. If subsequent updates are required, a new license will need to be purchased. If a new license is not purchased or subsequent updates are not required, the last update released within the 2 year time will continue working. Please see 48XP/48UXP Software License for further information.

NOTE: The UXP upgrade kit is suitable for 48LV / 48XP models only, support for Windows 7 (64-bit) and Windows 8 (64-bit) is limited to USB connection only.

If you can confirm your programmer model (Dataman-48 / 48LV both LPT) then I can recommend the necessary upgrade kit(s).

While I cannot guarantee that the programmer will work with the on-board parallel port on your Dell D610, if it is indeed a full spec. parallel port, then I see no reason why it would not.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Best regards,

Neil Parker
Dataman Programmer

lazarus79
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Re: Labtool48 troubles

Postby lazarus79 » 23 May 2015 08:32

Hello Neil and thanks for all your help again!

I can confirm that the board says 'revision b1' in the corner. If you could advise the best solution to upgrade it, I will sort it out!!

thanks again,

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Re: Labtool48 troubles

Postby Dataman (Neil Parker) » 26 May 2015 09:04

Hello lazarus79,

Thank you for the information. You have the Dataman-48LV version which can be upgraded to the latest 48UXP model using the UXP upgrade kit.

Please contact [email protected] with your full invoice and shipping address and we will get back to you with a formal quotation for the upgrade, along with instructions on how to proceed.

If you have any further questions, please contact me.

Best regards,

Neil Parker
Dataman Programmers


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