For the record, I found another 8x2 in a closet that works perfectly.
The original switch appears to be an early model with a different style of
connectors on the back. It works reliably with Wireready, or with commands
manually entered via Putty, but not with Rivendell.
However, the other 8x2 works fine, so problem solved.
Rob
On Thu, 28 Feb 2013, Rob Landry wrote:
>
> To my surprise, I'm having trouble with a Broadcast Tools 8x2 switcher
> that worked perfectly a few days ago. The other day, I
> was able to use SO commands to make it switch, but today it inexplicably
> ignores them.
>
> Today I tried setting it up to use ST commands. The first two worked (sort
> of), but now it's ignoring those too.
>
> The switcher works reliably in Putty when I type in commands such as:
>
> *11{CR}
>
> ...which would eliminate the possibility of a hardware problem, a
> connection problem, or a configuration problem. The serial port parameters
> are 2400/N/8/1.
>
> I wonder what I'm doing wrong.
>
> This is Rivendell 2.1.5 running on Debian 6.
>
>
> Rob
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