[time-nuts] RS 232
Mark C. Stephens
marks at non-stop.com.au
Sat Jul 27 15:40:24 UTC 2013
Quite right Bob, Echolink is one such program that doesn't automagically raise DTR when the port is opened.
Anyway, I have gone Echo-IRLP now, much more robust running under unix.
But I veer of topic..
--marki
-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf Of Bob Camp
Sent: Saturday, 27 July 2013 11:16 AM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] RS 232
Hi
If the "driving program" is written using the standard DLL's / libraries it's directly under control of that program. It's state will depend a lot on what the coder decided was right.
Bob
On Jul 26, 2013, at 9:07 PM, Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net> wrote:
>
> marks at non-stop.com.au said:
>> It you can figure out how to raise DTR while your application has the
>> port open it can be a good source of power for a RS232 device.
>
> Most OSes turn it on automagically when you open the file. (and turn
> it off when you close the file)
>
>
>
> --
> These are my opinions. I hate spam.
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts at febo.com To unsubscribe, go to
> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
> and follow the instructions there.
_______________________________________________
time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts at febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
and follow the instructions there.
More information about the Time-nuts_lists.febo.com
mailing list