yes, this means for sure there is no RTS/DTR on alix boards. Michael
2012/7/1 Rajarajan Rajamani <[email protected]>: > I am trying to use an X10 home automation dongle (C17a, also known as > firecracker) on the serial port. This device is driven via the RTS/DTR > pins on the RS232. I have been using this dongle for many years on a > FreeBSD box and wanted to use it on the 3D3 but could not make it work > using both Voyage Linux and NanoBSD. There no errors reported and the > sequence of ioctl system calls (using strace/truss) are the same > between the working system I have (on a desktop running FreeBSD) and > the Alix 3D3 (with both Linux/FreeBSD) > > Later on going over all the details of the serial protocol/pins, I > noticed that in the data sheet for the 3D3 it says that due to > limitations of the AMD CS5536 companion chip, only RXD / TXD are > available for software and handshake signals cannot be observed or > controlled. > > Further it shows the RTS/DTS pins to be always active. > > Does this mean (for sure) that I cannot use the pins to talk to the > CM17A device ?? Is there any workaround for this - which I doubt. > > Any hints would be appreciated. > > _______________________________________________ > Voyage-linux mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux _______________________________________________ Voyage-linux mailing list [email protected] http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux
