Parallax BASIC Stamp and Wine

[mike72204]

After several days of frustration, I have finally found a solution.

This is for anyone trying to use Parallax's BASIC Stamp Editor in Wine.

Hardware:
Dell Inspiron Laptop 1764 (Wal-Mart)
Dynex USB PDA/Serial Adapter (Best Buy)
Board of Education (parallax.com)

Software:
Ubuntu 10.04
Wine 1.1.42 [Applications / Ubuntu Software Center]
BASIC Stamp Windows Editor v2.5 (R2) http://www.parallax.com/tabid/441/Default.aspx

1. WITHOUT the USB adapter, open a terminal window and type:

lsusb

You should see something like this:

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020  
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Storage Device
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0c45:641d Microdia 
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020  
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

2. Plug in the USB adapter and again type:

lsusb

Now look for a change:

Bus 002 Device 004: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020  
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Storage Device
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0c45:641d Microdia 
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020  
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

UBUNTU will assign it to /dev/ttyUSB0

3. Now you need to set up a symbolic link. In your terminal type:

cd
cd .wine
sudo ln -s /dev/ttyUSB0 ./dosdevices/com1

4. VERY IMPORTANT STEP... apparently, Wine has stopped supporting serial ports out of the box, so you'll have to install registry entries. Do the following in your terminal:

wget -O comport.reg http://bugs2.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=10210
regedit comport.reg

5. Finally, install the STAMP Editor software. You can get it from Parallax at the link above.

6. Connect your STAMP and start the Editor. Go to RUN / Identify... to see if it's working.

[robatron]

I realize this post is over three years old, but I just wanted to say that I just ran across it, and it solved my problem perfectly! You've made me a very happy man.

Also, I didn't have to perform step four at all and it still worked for me. Maybe Wine changed their ways since then...

Thanks again!

[dribron]

Absolute genius. Not only did this work for the basic stamp, it works just as well for my brainsteam gp 2.0. I was becomming so desperate that I was begining to consider returning to windows on one of my machines for the love of a microcontroller.... LOL You'v saved me! Free popcorn for you!

[sageseeker]

I just used this fix and it still works

Even with the newer 2.6.5 BASIC Stamp

Thank you so much however you did this you've saved my microcontroler class

[nrsmac]

i tried this once and it worked great. However, after re-installing Ubuntu afresh, then trying again with my BS2 and BOE, I still get the "No Usable Ports" error from my stamp editor....

Help me please!!!

[r2ro]

Yes, works great in my new laptop Vostro 130. But tried in my old laptop Inspiron 8100 using the serial (not the USB) and I am stuck. Any help will be appreciated.

[Murphy-10332]

This post rocks!! Thank you. Worked great right from the start.

[firemonkeyballz]

I also tried those out dated source files (broken) in Fedora 17... this seems to also work best! TY!!

[tjmackmer]

Hey, Guys! I used this fix in 2014 and it still works!!!

I messed up because i did not give myself read and write permissions for the ttyUSB0 file.

If you don't enable this you will get "Can't Open Port: In Use"

Thanks for the fix!!!