Datalogging equipment

[CLuTZ]

Hey guys, how many of you fullas datalog?

I've just gone through the painful process of having to source the equipment to use for datalogging in my GSR.


I went to Jaycar to get a hotlink serial port connector, for my Palm M515 and they told me that they dont have them?

I then went to a speciality shop and they wanted $48 for one of these?

Has anyone else had trouble with sourcing parts for outdated PDA's?

If they're so outdated, why arent the parts dirt cheap???

 

[to4garret]

i just brought a M515 serial cable and car charger off this guy http://stores.ebay.com.au/SF-Planet

four days delivery, cheaper and easier

 

[joe-ness]

you can make these for next to nothing if your handy with a soldering iron. try find what cables these are and what plugs and il run down to the local altronics and pick up the parts and have a crank at it

 

[to4garret]

uh...

are you talking about the serial cable that comes from the palm, or the datalogging cable from the car diagnostics port to a serial plug?

the later is easy to make, the palm to serial is not so easy unless you bust up a docking station or something like that.

 

[Skankyjoe]

Got mine here

http://www.expansys.com.au/p.aspx?i=110244

For my M515 that is.

 

[CLuTZ]

Got mine here

http://www.expansys.com.au/p.aspx?i=110244

For my M515 that is.

$34 is still quite alot, I just bought one on ebay for $15.50 delivered

 

[CLuTZ]

Oh yeah, does anyone know how to create a screen shot from your logs, or even access your logs from your pc??

I hotsync my palm to pc, but for some reason I cant access the palm's contents from my pc!

 

[lefty]

$50 is normal man.

The older they get, the harder it is to find/support.

I can make you the serial end cable, but i dont think anyone would be able to make you the other pda connector end.

I bought my motorola usb cable for my phone from ebay, the quality is pretty poor and works sometimes. Just a few days ago i got a new genuine cable, looks much better, but still.. the design of the connector on a e398 is crap i guess...

 

[to4garret]

Oh yeah, does anyone know how to create a screen shot from your logs, or even access your logs from your pc??

I hotsync my palm to pc, but for some reason I cant access the palm's contents from my pc!

search for mmc'd tools, you downloaded the palm desktop obviously, im sure thats how you get your logs to the pc, but i havent tried yet.