USB Hi-Pro knockoffs

@pvc said:

I was using the term Knockoff to loosely mean counterfeit. If we have Knockoffs available that work as good as the original, then I’m guessing this will put downward pressure on the price.

Though, if anything the price seems to be going up at this time???

doubt otometrics would discount its price

@xbulder said:

doubt otometrics would discount its price

Oh, I agree with you xbulder. But if there is more than one source for the knockoffs (and there appears to be more than one source) then they may be willing to discount. A recent discount I observed on EBay for USB Hi-Pro knockoffs (total price) was from $651 to $578.

Though, I don’t expect further price discounts because it is in the best interests of the knockoffs to be a little below GN Otometrics, and therefore keeping as high of a profit margin as possible. I believe the vendor’s profit margin is a low profit. So that is why I don’t see this changing unless the current market conditions for this programming interface changes.

Has anyone tried the Hi-Pro USB / Serial on Windows 7 yet ?

Droo

@pvc said:

Oh, I agree with you xbulder. But if there is more than one source for the knockoffs (and there appears to be more than one source) then they may be willing to discount. A recent discount I observed on EBay for USB Hi-Pro knockoffs (total price) was from $651 to $578.

Though, I don’t expect further price discounts because it is in the best interests of the knockoffs to be a little below GN Otometrics, and therefore keeping as high of a profit margin as possible. I believe the vendor’s profit margin is a low profit. So that is why I don’t see this changing unless the current market conditions for this programming interface changes.

Im surprise that the industry has not yet agree on a common wireless prog. interface
like the Icube or Nearcom that would work universally…

@droo said:

Has anyone tried the Hi-Pro USB / Serial on Windows 7 yet ?

Droo

USB is a fairly simple interface. If a driver is available for Win-7 then it should work. Ask the seller.

Fitting software is another issue. You have to look at the requirements of the fitting software. The newer OS (Vista/Win-7) come in 32-bit and 64-bit versions and not all software programs can handle 64-bit at the current time.

Oh, and you don’t need Noah. You can run the fitting software standalone.

Not answering your question about the USB Hi Pro and Windows 7 but I have a serial Hi Pro. I have not been able to get it to operate properly on 32 bit Vista. I have tried 3 different USB adapters with their drivers having no luck. One of these drivers stated it was Vista compatible. This serial Hi Pro does operate properly on my wife’s PC with XP.

I did read on the GN Otometrics site that the USB Hi Pro was designed for Vista/Windows 7. This could pertain to the 64 bit operating systems too, not sure.

@droo said:

Has anyone tried the Hi-Pro USB / Serial on Windows 7 yet ?

Droo

@Raudrive said:

Not answering your question about the USB Hi Pro and Windows 7 but I have a serial Hi Pro. I have not been able to get it to operate properly on 32 bit Vista. I have tried 3 different USB adapters with their drivers having no luck. One of these drivers stated it was Vista compatible. This serial Hi Pro does operate properly on my wife’s PC with XP.

The old serial Hi-Pro cost less than the newer USB Hi-Pro. Though, I would stay away from the old serial Hi-Pro because you give yourself hardware compatibility issues. See this post5. It’s difficult enough without adding hardware issues to the mix.

Also, this has nothing to do with 32-bit versus 64-bit. The only issue there is whether the fitting software is written to run on a 64-bit system. For example NSFit from LoveHearing/NewSound would not run on a 64-bit system.

@pvc said:

Here’s a picture of one of my older computers. Notice the two RS-232-C (green/aqua) ports on the left. The two male ports have 9-pins each. Now look at the back of your computer.

The picture (blue) does not depict a serial port correct?
Any thoughts on the second. Certainly does not look like a Serial port.

@alpine1 said:

The picture (blue) does not depict a serial port correct?
Any thoughts on the second. Certainly does not look like a Serial port.

first connection is a video monitor SVGA jack. The second connection is a Firewire 1394 jack. Here is a common setup of a computer port: http://www.honors.ufl.edu/computing/images/ports.png5

@ljjehl said:

http://www.honors.ufl.edu/computing/images/ports.png

Thank you

@alpine1 said:

In my case I will need a serial to USB adaptor, or pay the much higher price for the USB version of HiPro.

Unless I can find a loaner HiPro:D

So you do not have the serial port? Most newer computers don’t these days. Here’s a link:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&Description=serial%20to%20usb%20adapter&bop=And&ActiveSearchResult=False&Order=PRICE

Unless you have a local computer store that has cheap connections…

:)Received it in three days half the word apart!
Swell guy.
I preferred the original with a set of cs63 cables and flexstrips for the resound dot30

@ljjehl said:

Unless you have a local computer store that has cheap connections…

I’m not sure what you mean here.
Adding a serial port connection to my existing system?

Norm

@alpine1 said:

I’m not sure what you mean here.
Adding a serial port connection to my existing system?

Norm

Yes, via USB connection…