battery tester

From	"Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	battery tester
Date	2024-10-20 20:00 +0200
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I have here an Ancel BA101 battery tester,  discovered by way of a YT video,  and it's proved to be a handy gadget to have.  In the "user manual" for this device (available online) it talks about the ability to print the data.  Which requires you to connect it to a computer by way of a USB cable plugged into the tester's USB port.  The documentation further refers to inserting a CD into the computer (it didn't come with any CD),  making sure a driver was installed,  then "open the print software" and select the appropriate COM port.

I'm pretty sure that I don't need to install a driver,  since I can connect all sorts of USB stuff to this computer with no problems.  I'm not sure what print software they refer to here --  the illustration seems to refer to "PrintCOM v1.50421" which appears to have print, clear,  and COM port selection options but also appears to be some kind of windoze software.

How would I address accessing this device under linux and getting its info out to my printer?


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battery tester "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2024-10-20 20:00 +0200
  Re: battery tester David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-10-21 03:10 +0200
  Re: battery tester Darac Marjal <lists-debian-user@bendel.debian.org> - 2024-10-21 13:50 +0200
    Re: battery tester "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2024-10-23 16:30 +0200
      Re: battery tester Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-10-24 03:40 +0200
        Re: battery tester "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2024-10-24 21:30 +0200
          Re: battery tester <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-10-24 21:30 +0200
            Re: battery tester "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2024-10-24 21:40 +0200
          Re: battery tester Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-10-24 22:10 +0200
          Re: battery tester Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2024-10-24 22:30 +0200
            Re: battery tester Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-10-25 03:30 +0200
          Re: battery tester Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-10-24 23:00 +0200
  Re: battery tester George at Clug <Clug@goproject.info> - 2024-10-22 08:50 +0200
    Re: battery tester "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2024-10-23 17:00 +0200
    Re: battery tester Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-10-23 17:20 +0200
      Re: battery tester <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-10-23 20:20 +0200
      Re: battery tester Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-10-24 04:10 +0200

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