Interesting.  I wonder if that's the same issue with my Syba serial card.
I haven't been able to get my touchscreen going.  It outputs a few seconds
of data then just stops.  Won't work again until after a reboot but then
gives the same results.

-- brandon sossamon



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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:20:25 -0600
From: Ryan Williams <[email protected]>
To: User discussion about the Rivendell Radio Automation System
        <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [RDD] Need Help With Serial Problems
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I wanted to finally follow up on the serial port problem. I intended to
update this sooner, but I've had a lot going on. We are fully on the new
system now, so here it is...

There were actually a couple of separate issues going on which made it
difficult to figure out exactly where the problem was.

First, the Rosewill RC-301 PCI serial card just doesn't want to work with
CentOS  6.4. I tried a handful of things and never could get any activity
out of it. The specs claim Linux support, but I never had any luck.

Secondly, I mistakenly set up my switcher in Rivendell as a BroadcastTools
8X2, which is not the same thing as a BroadcastTools 8.2. This explains why
when I dropped in a known compatible card, the SIIG CyberPro S4, I saw
serial data coming out of the card, but I couldn't get Rivendell to
actually change channels.

Thirdly, there does appear to be some kind of bug in the Appliance v2
involving serial ports. Even now, on Rivendell 2.8.0, when I reboot the new
system, the serial ports don't work at first. They seem to not be enabled
or connected in Rivendell. This problem is remedied by opening up RDAdmin
and disabling each needed serial port and then re-enabling it.

Finally, if anyone is looking for a USB to serial adapter that works with
the Appliance, I can recommend this Manhattan model from Amazon, which is
currently available for a little over $8:
http://www.amazon.com/Manhattan-Serial-Converter-
Connects-205146/dp/B0007OWNYA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=
1389719503&sr=8-1&keywords=usb+to+serial
.

Thanks for everyone for trying to help; I'm glad to have this behind me.

Ryan
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