AWWTec Hardware Probe

This page checks whether the browser can see the trailer's Aries VL5000 depth counter and camera capture hardware. Plug the rack into this laptop, then click each button below. When you're done, click Copy diagnostic report at the bottom and paste it back to us.

Requires Chrome or Edge on desktop. Firefox and Safari don't support WebSerial / WebUSB / WebHID.

1. Browser capabilities

2. Video / camera

Lists every video input the browser can see — the built-in webcam plus any USB video capture dongle you've plugged in. Click below, allow camera access, then use the dropdown to switch inputs.

3. Serial (WebSerial)

Connect to the VL5000's serial output (over USB-serial or a DB9 adapter). Auto-cycle rotates through the common baud rates and captures whatever bytes come out at each — that's usually enough to identify the depth-string format.

Log output will appear here after you open a port...

4. USB (WebUSB)

Grant access to a USB device — the VID/PID and manufacturer strings we get back tell us who made the chip inside the VL5000 (FTDI, Silicon Labs, Prolific, etc.), which is often the fastest path to identifying the protocol.

No devices yet. Click a button above.

5. HID (WebHID)

Some data loggers show up as HID rather than serial. Cheap to check.

No devices yet. Click a button above.

6. Diagnostic report

Send this back to us. It has everything the buttons above collected — no camera pixels, no serial payloads beyond the first few bytes.