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Article #335Re: serial communications on NeXT computer
From: Soo Lee
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 00:57
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 00:57
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In article <KARTHY.92Jul23115350@xiv.iesd.auc.dk> karthy@iesd.auc.dk (Karsten Thygesen) writes: > >Hi. > >I am forwarding this question for a friend, but please send any >help/comments to me. > >Problem: We are currently developing a program to control a >professional video recorder. The video recorder has a serial RS 232 >interface which communicates at 38400 bit/s, 8 data bits and odd >parity (i.e. 9 bits per character plus start/stop bits). These >communication parameters cannot be changed in the video recorder. We >have suceeded in producing a C program which reads and a writes to one >of the Next's serial ports at the required speed, but we can't get the >program to send 8 bit data followed by the parity bit. We guess this >is due to limitations in the standard serial drivers (/dev/tty) which >can only generate a parity bit when 7 data bits are used (i.e. max. 8 >bits per character plus start/stop bits). To solve the problem, we >would like to know: > >1) Are we correct in assuming the above limitation regarding the >standard driver? If not, how do you set it to the required parameters. > >2) If the standard driver cannot be set to the required parameters, >how do you access the hardware (SCC chip)? > >In both cases, pieces of sample code would be very helpful. (We have a >technical description of the SCC chip itself). > >Thanks in advance, > >Karsten. > >-- >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >Karsten Thygesen I Aalborg University I >Korsgade 48 2. th I Institute for electronic systems I >9000 Aalborg I I >InterNet: karthy@iesd.auc.dk I Fredrik Bajers vej 7, 9220 Aalborg I >Phone (HOME): +45-98124259 I DK-Denmark. I >-------------------------------------------------------------------- My favoite solution for this kind is just one 68HC11. It has EEPROM inside which can take care of conversion as a snap. Soo lee@cs.wisc.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!uwm.edu!daffy!uwvax!pipe.cs.wisc.edu!lee From: lee@pipe.cs.wisc.edu (Soo Lee) Subject: Re: serial communications on NeXT computer Message-ID: <1992Jul30.005733.21284@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Sender: news@spool.cs.wisc.edu (The News) Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept References: <KARTHY.92Jul23115350@xiv.iesd.auc.dk> Distribution: comp Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 00:57:33 GMT Lines: 47