Quite right Bob, Echolink is one such program that doesn't automagically raise DTR when the port is opened. Anyway, I have gone Echo-IRLP now, much more robust running under unix. But I veer of topic..
--marki -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Camp Sent: Saturday, 27 July 2013 11:16 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] RS 232 Hi If the "driving program" is written using the standard DLL's / libraries it's directly under control of that program. It's state will depend a lot on what the coder decided was right. Bob On Jul 26, 2013, at 9:07 PM, Hal Murray <[email protected]> wrote: > > [email protected] said: >> It you can figure out how to raise DTR while your application has the >> port open it can be a good source of power for a RS232 device. > > Most OSes turn it on automagically when you open the file. (and turn > it off when you close the file) > > > > -- > These are my opinions. I hate spam. > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
