Wanted:: Aeris Atmos Pro IR download

Anyone have an IR download docking station for the Aeris Atmos Pro
they are willing to part with?

Mine is getting beat up and would like to get a new one just in case.

I just picked one up but the software will not run on Win XP. What version
of windows do you use?
John

"P.R." <plr196@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1115926599.365d64439bef72d24d61b895e0116127@t eranews...
> Anyone have an IR download docking station for the Aeris Atmos Pro they
> are willing to part with?
>
> Mine is getting beat up and would like to get a new one just in case.

I have 95, NT, 2000 and XP.
What I really want a new one for is to reverse engineer the protocol
and build an app to download dives to my palm pilot. In the process
I would probably also write an app for Windows 2000 and XP. I dont
have a working docking station or the software right now.

Any of the apps I would generate would be free to anyone. Are you
using yours right now?

John Cassara wrote:
> I just picked one up but the software will not run on Win XP. What version
> of windows do you use?
> John
>
> "P.R." <plr196@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1115926599.365d64439bef72d24d61b895e0116127@t eranews...
>
>>Anyone have an IR download docking station for the Aeris Atmos Pro they
>>are willing to part with?
>>
>>Mine is getting beat up and would like to get a new one just in case.
>
>
>

I'm not using it due to the XP problem. I called Aeris about new software
and they informed me that due to programming differences made by Microsoft
in the XP kernel the IR unit and software are incompatible. It will only
work with Win 95 & 98. I had tried the XP compatibility wizard in both 95
and 98 configurations but still no good. I believe it has to due with the
parallel port communications configuration but I'm guessing. The newer
computers use USB or serial ports.

John

"P.R." <plr196@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1116261237.7e376902cd9fa0de466bbd4924b85068@t eranews...
>I have 95, NT, 2000 and XP.
> What I really want a new one for is to reverse engineer the protocol
> and build an app to download dives to my palm pilot. In the process
> I would probably also write an app for Windows 2000 and XP. I dont have a
> working docking station or the software right now.
>
> Any of the apps I would generate would be free to anyone. Are you using
> yours right now?
>
> John Cassara wrote:
>> I just picked one up but the software will not run on Win XP. What
>> version
>> of windows do you use?
>> John
>>
>> "P.R." <plr196@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1115926599.365d64439bef72d24d61b895e0116127@t eranews...
>>
>>>Anyone have an IR download docking station for the Aeris Atmos Pro they
>>>are willing to part with?
>>>
>>>Mine is getting beat up and would like to get a new one just in case.
>>
>>

Thus spake "John Cassara" <jcassara@optonline.net> :

>I'm not using it due to the XP problem. I called Aeris about new software
>and they informed me that due to programming differences made by Microsoft
>in the XP kernel the IR unit and software are incompatible. It will only
>work with Win 95 & 98. I had tried the XP compatibility wizard in both 95
>and 98 configurations but still no good. I believe it has to due with the
>parallel port communications configuration but I'm guessing. The newer
>computers use USB or serial ports.

Since M$ has dropped support for 2000 now, it seems that Aeris should
get on the stick and rewrite the damned thing. I won't even have a
parallel port on my new machine.

>
>John
>
>"P.R." <plr196@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:1116261237.7e376902cd9fa0de466bbd4924b85068@ teranews...
>>I have 95, NT, 2000 and XP.
>> What I really want a new one for is to reverse engineer the protocol
>> and build an app to download dives to my palm pilot. In the process
>> I would probably also write an app for Windows 2000 and XP. I dont have a
>> working docking station or the software right now.
>>
>> Any of the apps I would generate would be free to anyone. Are you using
>> yours right now?
>>
>> John Cassara wrote:
>>> I just picked one up but the software will not run on Win XP. What
>>> version
>>> of windows do you use?
>>> John
>>>
>>> "P.R." <plr196@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1115926599.365d64439bef72d24d61b895e0116127@t eranews...
>>>
>>>>Anyone have an IR download docking station for the Aeris Atmos Pro they
>>>>are willing to part with?
>>>>
>>>>Mine is getting beat up and would like to get a new one just in case.
>>>
>>>

--
dillon

Women should be obscene and not absurd.

I've got the Aeris 300G which used the same downloader and was informed by
Aeris that they were not revising it at all. I think we're just out of luck
on this. I probably won't buy another Aeris computer because of the lack of
support. (I ran into this problem three years ago.)

- Dave

You can work around the XP problem by buying a cheap WIN98 computer at
ebay. I purchased one for about $25.00 a year ago and works perfectly.

Harry.

John Cassara wrote:
> I'm not using it due to the XP problem. I called Aeris about new software
> and they informed me that due to programming differences made by Microsoft
> in the XP kernel the IR unit and software are incompatible. It will only
> work with Win 95 & 98. I had tried the XP compatibility wizard in both 95
> and 98 configurations but still no good. I believe it has to due with the
> parallel port communications configuration but I'm guessing. The newer
> computers use USB or serial ports.
>
> John
>
> "P.R." <plr196@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1116261237.7e376902cd9fa0de466bbd4924b85068@t eranews...
> >I have 95, NT, 2000 and XP.
> > What I really want a new one for is to reverse engineer the protocol
> > and build an app to download dives to my palm pilot. In the process
> > I would probably also write an app for Windows 2000 and XP. I dont have a
> > working docking station or the software right now.
> >
> > Any of the apps I would generate would be free to anyone. Are you using
> > yours right now?
> >
> > John Cassara wrote:
> >> I just picked one up but the software will not run on Win XP. What
> >> version
> >> of windows do you use?
> >> John
> >>
> >> "P.R." <plr196@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1115926599.365d64439bef72d24d61b895e0116127@t eranews...
> >>
> >>>Anyone have an IR download docking station for the Aeris Atmos Pro they
> >>>are willing to part with?
> >>>
> >>>Mine is getting beat up and would like to get a new one just in case.
> >>
> >>