Hi All
Since laptops nowadays are no longer costing a year's salary (now only a few months' salary;-) ) I decided that it was time to get a new one exclusively for testing the latest releases of all software used by the uTasker project.
This means mainly together with Vista, VisualStudio2008 etc.
I will certainly continue most work using my trusted XP laptop with VS6.0 and all sorts of out-dated and not-at-all trendy programs (as long as not too many more keys fall off the keyboard....it is looking rather old recently) until I am sure that it is really safe to switch at some time in the future.
I have started testing and already have encountered first problems. I am sure that others have similar issues, which have been solved or worked around - and that, with time, more and more people will be upgrading - so the problem list (and hopefully some answers) may prove useful.
So - here's my list - any comments, additions or solutions are very welcome:
1. VisualStudio2008 (VS9.0 Express Edition) + WireShark 1.0.0.
Installations much improved in comparison with previous versions - WireShark automatically installs WinPCap.
uTasker V1.3 + SP7 for Coldfire compiled (using SP7 config.h) with no errors.
Simulator runs and simulated device responds correctly to FTP, HTTP etc. from another PC on the network.
[I just noticed that WireShark is compiled using VS6.0!!]Problem: Pinging of simulated device from same PC very unreliable - sometimes an answer - mostly none. No FTP / HTTP connection possible from own PC???Solution: IPV4 offloading setting in the network adapter - see the following for full details and adjustment:
http://www.utasker.com/forum/index.php?topic=180.02. From DOS windows
arp - a shows the all known entries.
Problem: arp -d returns an error "error deleting the ARP-entry: 87"3. From DOS windows
telnet 192.168.0.3Problem: telnet 192.168.0.3 Vista doesn't recognise the Telnet command. This must mean that Telnet is not installed as standard. Does anyone know how to get around this?
Solution: In "system control", chose "Programs and Functions". Then click on the link "Activate/Deactivate Windows functions" [in German "Windows-Funktionen ein- oder ausschalten" - hope the text is more or less correct on a English Vista system]. Then activate Telnet-client and OK. The missing Telnet client program will be installed.
4. HyperTerminal
Well, I know that HyperTerminal as a program was quite a disaster, but I am surprised to learn that it has been completely removed from Vista. Not that I wanted to use it seriously, but TeraTerm (a great freeware program which I have been using for a number of years) has a restriction of only COM1..COM4. With todays USB-RS232 converters you often get COM ports well outside of that range and so I have installed PuTTy for use when TeraTerm doesn't fit the bill.
Regards
Mark