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Article #1214Re: ELV PC Funkuhr DCF 98 PC software? Source? Protocol?
From: John Beardmore
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 10:36
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 10:36
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In message <2MAX7.8134$rt4.1080@afrodite.telenet-ops.be>, Werner Van den Eede <W.VandenEede@Pandora.be> writes >Does anybody have more information on the protocol in use by this serial >DCF77 clock? It comes with PCDCFDOS.EXE but no sourcecode ... the >documentation states it uses 9600, even parity, 2 stopbits and 8 databits, >but the connector has 4 wires connected and it does not work with TX, RX and >GROUND only ... after some experimenting I cannot find how it works, how the >PC initiates the communication with the clock, somehow it depends on this >4th wire ... Is the 4th wire supplying power ? Cheers, J/. -- John Beardmore
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