<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16481" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi John,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Unfortunately I have not been able to make any progress with this. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The last suggestion I had from the users group was to see if the software called the USB as a com port.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If it did I may have been able to redirect the com port through WINE to make things work.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have checked the software itself and as many of the associated files as I can but have not found any reference to com ports.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Therefore, I am assuming the software communicates with the USB port directly.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At this time I have tried all I can think of without success.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am copying this to the users group also in case some one has any suggestions not yet thought of.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>enjoy</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=john.ridge@ntlworld.com href="mailto:john.ridge@ntlworld.com">John Ridge</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=phoenixink@comcast.net href="mailto:phoenixink@comcast.net">Phoenixink</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 23, 2007 5:38 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: new education team - please explore</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hello <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>I am wondering if you have made any progress with data logging (of any sort) and Ubuntu/Linux</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>My reasons:</DIV> <DIV>1. I teach science (mainly biology) at Stanmore College and have recently been given responsibility for developing science courses.</DIV> <DIV>2. The Min of Ed has made money available for projects involving wireless devices</DIV> <DIV>and</DIV> <DIV>3. as you point out, data loggers not working is a show stopper.</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>cheers</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>john</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV>On 9 Jul 2007, at 14:02, Phoenixink wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Jim,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I saw you new team message and wanted to explain a scenario and ask a question.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am currently working with a middle school science teacher to build a LTSP network for his class. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We have put together 4 clients and a server that all work very well together.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The target is 20 clients.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>However, there is one real problem that is stopping us from using this solution over a Microsoft solution.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The problem is the "Pasport Explorer" and the "Data Studio" software by "PASCO" ref: <A href="http://www.pasco.com/pasport/home.html">http://www.pasco.com/pasport/home.html</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You collect temperature and other data via the USB port from the Explorer with the Data Studio software, which then plots and otherwise allows you to manipulate the data.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have tried to use WINE as a windows emulator for the Data Studio software and it works well except there is no way to access the Explorer probe on the USB port, so even though the software runs it cannot collect the data from the Explorer probe. This is a show stopper as far as being able to implement Linux.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have contacted PASCO and they have no Linux software, no intention of doing a Linux software, and will not give me the commands for the Explorer probes so I can write a software myself.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>With all this in mind, how can we expect schools to actually switch to oss such as Linux? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I appreciate any comments you may have and of course any ideas on a solution for our particular situation.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim Cooney</FONT></DIV></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jim@ubuntu-rocks.org href="mailto:jim@ubuntu-rocks.org">Jim Hutchinson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com href="mailto:edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 30, 2007 2:20 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> new education team - please explore</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Greetings all,<BR><BR>I have just set up a new education related team (<A href="https://launchpad.net/~education-enthusiasts">https://launchpad.net/~education-enthusiasts</A>) and I would like to find others interested in helping to build it. The main focus in to build a community of teachers wanting to use oss and those wanting to help teachers. If you have any thoughts, ideas or suggestions please share them with me. If you'd like to join - please do. <BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>Jim Hutchinson<BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.<BR>See <A href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html </A> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <HR> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV>-- <BR>edubuntu-users mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</A><BR>Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">--<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">edubuntu-users mailing list</DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><A href="mailto:edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</A></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <A href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users</A></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>