Re: [PLUG] Dell Optiplex 745 video
If you/re anywhere near Vancouver I've got a DMS-59 to dual DVI cable P/N H9361 and a DMS-59 to dual VGA cable you can have. Regards, Neal On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 8:10 PM Michael Barnes wrote: > I have a Dell Optiplex 745 computer I need to get into service for a > special project. It has a dual DVI video card in it right now, however, I > do not have a splitter cable to bring it out to single DVI connections. I > really only need a VGA output for my application and would have to use a > DVI>VGA adapter anyhow. I cannot seem to get anything out of the onboard > VGA jack. I tried just removing the video card, but that doesn't do it. > I need to either > 1. Enable the VGA jack on the motherboard > 2. Find a splitter cable (Dell H9361 DMS-59 to Dual DVI Y-Splitter Cable) > 3. Find a replacement video card that will fit this beast with either a > single DVI or VGA output > > The hard part is I am trying to get this thing working by this weekend. > > Thanks for any ideas or help. > > Michael > ___ > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Paper tape?
5- or 8- bit? NealS On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 1:28 AM Russell Senior wrote: > Anyone have a paper tape punch/reader? Or, know anyone who does? > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_tape > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Battery Backup Beep
> > The manual for your specific model is the ultimate authority, but I did > find this for APC BE450G/550G models... > In the interest of accuracy make that BE550G/650G models. NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Battery Backup Beep
On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 11:46 AM, Dick Steffens wrote: > On 04/12/2018 11:40 AM, Ben Koenig wrote: > >> At this point you should write down the model number and google it. Find >> the manufacturer's website and grab the manual for your particular model. >> Since the manufacturer decides what the beeps indicate, >> > > As I said before, it's just the alarm beep. It's not a beep code, like > from a motherboard. It's just a continuous beep until it stops, which > is within a second or so. There's no series of beeps. The manual for your specific model is the ultimate authority, but I did find this for APC BE450G/550G models that mentions adjusting sensitivity without having to run their PowerChute software (windows only). I wasn't aware of it so I'm sharing with others who many not have read all their friendly manuals. Voltage Sensitivity Adjustment (optional) The Back-UPS detects and reacts to line voltage distortions by transferring to battery backup power to protect connected equipment. In situations where either the Back-UPS or the connected equipment is too sensitive for the input voltage level it is necessary to adjust the transfer voltage. 1. Connect the Back-UPS to a wall outlet. The Back-UPS will be in Standby mode, no indicators will be illuminated. 2. Press and hold the ON/OFF button for 10 seconds. The OnLine LED will illuminate alternately green-amber-red, to indicate that the Back-UPS is in Program mode. 3. The Power On/Replace Battery LED will flash either green, amber, or red to indicate the current sensitivity level. Refer to the table for an explanation of the transfer voltage sensitivity levels. 4. To select LOW sensitivity, press and hold the ON/OFF button until the LED flashes green. 5. To select MEDIUM sensitivity, press and hold the ON/OFF button until the LED flashes red. 6. To select HIGH sensitivity, press and hold the ON/OFF button until the LED flashes amber. 7. To exit Program mode wait five seconds and all LED indicators will extinguish. Program mode is no longer active. Also, startup current for a motor can cause quite a dip in line voltage. Anything longer than 1 cycle should be picked up by the UPS but you might not notice the flicker. Do you have a fridge and/or freezer? NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Wifi device too far away
On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 12:13 PM, King Beowulf wrote: > On 03/31/2018 11:02 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > > On Sat, 31 Mar 2018, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > > >> The house is wired for ethernet and there is a jack in the bedroom. > > > > John, > > > > Have you considered putting a wireless access point in the bedroom, > > connected to the ethernet port? You can configure it as an access point > and > > not a router so it's just another node on your LAN. > > > > Rich > > Indeed. Any decent wifi router recycled from Free Geek (for example) > can be configured with DD-WRT or OpenWRT/LEDE as a range extender/AP on > the that room's ethernet port. Or you can pick up a dedicated box such > as NETGEAR WN2000RPT or similar (usually <$40). > > Note the difference between "extender" and "repeater". A wifi repeater > takes a wifi signal and rebroadcasts on another channel. If you are too > far from the main wifi router this may not work too well. A wifi > extender plugs into a wall ethernet jack and as far as your devices know > they are sitting right next to your wifi router. > Yes. And unless you have a reay good reason not to, use the same SSID and passphrase for all the routers/APs sharing the same subnet for simplicity's sake. Set each router/AP to a separate and fixed channel, one of 1, 6 or 11, instead of using the Auto setting. Hopefully there isn't a nearby router or RFI source on more than one channel. May require futzing with to find the best combination. NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] com port in guest to usb in host (virtual box)
On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > With this new found knowledge I noticed that the interface was set for 1 > stop bit. I set it for two, as the protocol is reported to use. It made > no difference in the behavior I observe--no response (other than the usual > delay) to the request for data. > Be aware that if you close and re-open the serial port the driver might/could/should (I have no experience but something I'd check) reset the comm parameters. So ideally the program you're talking to the port with would be the one setting the baud rate and bits so there's no chance for unintended consequences. I've lost track of how you're doing it. Ideas? Should I look for/fabricate connectors which will allow me to use > my desktop to snoop on the serial traffic? If you have a couple more serial adapters that would be great, but we shouldn't have to resort to that. :) > Or should I be looking at the > usb signals? Only if you have a USB sniffer/protocol analyzer. There's a LOT of stuff going on at the bus level that would be way too much work to sort out without one. Maybe the transmitted signals from the dmm are not getting > through the usb-serial device. > I just recalled a technique used for capturing RF packets from wireless temperature sensors utilizing the sound card input as a storage scope. If you're only running 600 baud it will be more than fast enough. All you need is a resistor or two to scale the input signal: https://rayshobby.net/reverse-engineer-wireless-temperature-humidity-rain-sensors-part-1/ Enjoy! NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] com port in guest to usb in host (virtual box)
Denis, In Unix-manpage-speak, [] around something means it's optional. Regards, NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] com port in guest to usb in host (virtual box)
Denis, I believe "-parenb" means no parity, as shown in your stty -a output, looks good to me. I'm just guessing, not having anything serial or scope-ial to hook up to my linux box at the moment. The cooked/raw/echo/xyzzy settings are way beyond my scope of experience. NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Need an OLD style BASIC
On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 7:29 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > ... > > > Or solving some particular problem? >> > > Actually a loosely defined set of problems. > I've often wished for BASIC to write a simple script. > There are a proliferate plethora of corpulent Basic's out there. > ... I applaud your efforts in doing this Just Because, intellectual curiosity, comfort food for the programming soul, etc. Richard. Just Because I was curious I ran 'apt install basic256' and got this: 0 upgraded, 43 newly installed, 0 to remove and 11 not upgraded. Need to get 21.0 MB of archives. After this operation, 60.3 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Hmmm, pot, kettle corpulent is in the eye of the dependency, etc. :-) I'm no expert but several of the extras seem to be qt4 related. I don't grok qt4, just guessing based on console output. This was on a Ubuntu Server 16.04.1 LTS box used mostly for Samba and WeeWx purposes, with little else added from the base non-GUI install. Have fun, NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] com port in guest to usb in host (virtual box)
Is the USB-RS232 adapter known to work? Several years back I had a no-name adapter. Couldn't get it to work. Found out it had a fake Prolific chip in it. No wonder it had such an attractive price. Try looping it back to itself and see if it works before you go too far down a rabbit hole. Possible complications with modem control lines are beyond my Linux experience. NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Need to use DBus...
Ken's post reminded me of a thought I had on the subject. How about copy the print/plot/data file to the destination machine, and then create a separate link that the printing/plotting process actually looks for. That way no partial file exists at any point from the consumer perspective. NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Linux Journal magazine is no more
On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 6:40 PM, Michael Barnes wrote: > I loved Linux Journal and subscribed for many years. I let my subscription > go when they went digital as I didn't really have the resources to read it > at the time. I always meant to resubscribe, but never got to it. Their web > site let me order the 1994-2017 archive CD tonight, I hope I get it. I > always thought LJ was a great resource. > Ditto. Thank you for mentioning this Michael. NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Moving from HDD to SSD
Where _was_ the home directory, and do you have room for both drives in the laptop case? NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
