[En-Nut-Discussion] RTS-problem

[Cserhati Csaba]

Hi Harald,

thanks for the idea. It works fine. Let me note, that I got the positive 
voltage at DB9 pin 7 instead of 8. 

Concerning the bug in the HW users manual. it is still there, but the wiring 
schematics helped.
Thanks again!
Csaba

2005. június 9. 12.19 dátummal Harald Kipp ezt írta:
> Hello Csaba,
>
> Are you refering to
> http://www.ethernut.de/pdf/ethwm21e-1.pdf
> ? I remember a bug, but think it's corrected here. If in doubt
> about wiring, the most reliable info is provided by the schematic.
>
> For the most simple case, connect pin 4+6 for PORTE2 and
>
> sbi(DDRE, 2);
> cbi(PORTE, 2);
>
> to set this line to low. The RS232 driver is inverting and
> will output a positive voltage at DB9 pin 8.
>
> However, most of these single supply drivers will not reach
> +9 Volts and there's an additional filter resistor RN2B.
>
> I'd suggest to short R30 pads on the backside of the board,
> which will route DC power to DB9 pin 9. The voltage will
> be about 1.4 Volts below the voltage at the DC connector
> due to the voltage drop by two rectifier diodes.
>
> Harald
>
> At 10:50 09.06.2005 +0200, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >I have just started with our new Ethernut 2 board. I would like to connect
> > a HP34401A multimeter to the serial port of the Enternut and read it
> > through the ethernet connector. I use the rs232d.c example to start with.
> >
> >The multimeter requires +9V on it's DTR leg in order to send data. I
> > thought to use the RTS line of the Ethernut board to connect to the DTR
> > pin of the multimeter.
> >
> >I used the info I found in the discussion site archive about HW handshake
> > and about setting and clearing bits. Unfortunatelly I could not figure
> > out how to change the state of that single line. I do not want a real
> > handshake, only to set the RTS line to 1 or 0.
> >Does anyone have a suggestion how to do that?
> >
> >Another question regarding the HW hanshake jumper settings to the rs232
> >conector on the board. If you look at the Ethernut Hardware User's Manual
> >(pp16), the text and the pictures next to them are not in agreement. Which
> >one is right?
> >
> >Regards,
> >Csaba Cserhati
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