Set me straight on WT3 compatibility with Windows 10

[Hogwild]

Hi everyone:

I need to test some woofers, and I use to use a Dayton WT3 on a Windows 7 box. That Windows 7 box is now old and decrepit. I'd like to be able to run my WT3 / DATS software on Windows 10.

I read through quite a few threads here, but found exactly nothing that was clear to me.

- Does DATS run properly on Windows 10 using WT3 hardware? When I try it, it complains that the shorted tested leads have a resistance, so it will default back to the default resistance setting.

- If it can run properly, which version do you need to run it properly on Windows 10? The latest version I have is DATS V2 (v 2.1.1)

- Are there specific procedures to get it to work right on Windows 10, cause I still have all the instructions you had to follow to get it to work on Windows 7.

- I'm very familiar with computing concepts, having been an IT tech. for many years. The audio stuff...not so much.


Thanks

 

[PRR]

All I know is what I see in the brochure.

If that is not working for you, maybe call for support?

 

[Hogwild]

Yeah, but I believe v.3.16 is for the new version of the Woofer Tester, no?

I called Dayton today but no one answered the phone. Their outgoing voicemail
is so brief, who knows if their system is even working properly.

 

[Hogwild]

I tried installing the 3.16 software. Now, I'm I'm at least getting roughly sane test lead measurement results, but I'm getting some erratic measurements of resistors.

From the DATS Help menu:

Impedance Analyzer Menu

When the software is first installed the default test lead impedance is 0.3 Ohms which is typical of the units.

I'm getting 0.2477 Ohms, so I think that's probably okay.


But when I measure a 997 Ohm test resistor, I get this graph:

Should the results be linear straight across the graph?