laptop datalogging ?

[insanedsm2403]

Well I have a question that may be rather easy to answer but this will be my first time trying it so I will ask first.I have a palm m105 logger package with cable,craddle,and whatnot.I want to sell my palm in favor of a laptop.Now the cable in the package has two pieces.one goes to the obd1 port and then has an end that looks as if it would plug into the back of a laptop.from there is another cable that goes to the palm.if I insert the first half of the cable into a laptop would I be able to log on the laptop?given mmcd 1.8 or maybe a better logging solution is downloaded onto the laptop?I would like to ask before I go selling the palm to find out I need more stuff to log on a laptop.thanks for any help in advance.

 

[jeffo]

The connector on the end of that cable you are talking about should be a 9-pin male serial connector. *IF* your laptop has a serial connector, it also would be a male, so you can't just plug them together. What you need is a null modem adapter, NOT a gender adapter. The null modem adapter not only has dual female connectors on it, but it also crosses over pins 2 & 3, which must happen to make this work. Depending how your plug is made, you *may* be able to pull it apart and change the connector to a female 9-pin from Radio Shack, and also swap pins 2&3. Pin 5 is ground.
If your laptop doesn't have a 9-pin serial port (most new ones don't) you need to by a Keyspan USB-to-serial adapter.
I prefer to use the older TMOLogger program on a laptop.
http://www.dsmchips.com/Files/Tmolog.zip
But, as it is an older program, you need to force the Keyspan to use either COM1, 2, 3, or 4, no weird COM11 or whatever. TMOLogger only understands the standard COM1-4.

 

[insanedsm2403]

Well that link won't wrk for me.also I'm good on everything with a dsm except electrionics.we have never seen eye to eye.so would I be able to go to radio shack with my cable and ask for a null modem adaptor and be set to go or is it not that easy?sorry I'm at a complete loss with this stuff and thanks for the help so far.

Well that link won't wrk for me.also I'm good on everything with a dsm except electrionics.we have never seen eye to eye.so would I be able to go to radio shack with my cable and ask for a null modem adaptor and be set to go or is it not that easy?sorry I'm at a complete loss with this stuff and thanks for the help so far.btw I was looking to go out and either buy a netbook or a used cheapo laptop for this.