Trent Jarvi wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm not on the kernel list. I just ran across your email while looking at the
> weekly archive.
>
> I think you want to enable software flow control.
>
> tcgetattr( fd, &ttyset );
> ttyset.c_iflag |= IXOFF;
> tcsetattr( fd, TCSANOW, &ttyset );
>
Just tested it, it didn't change anything. The response from the controller
can contain ^S/^Q, so it would be a bad idea anyway ....
> Someone reported that the Java CommAPI driver at http://www.rxtx.org got
> 150-200ms latency with (9600,N,8,1,XON/XOFF). Beyond that you may have to
> look at something like the realtime support. I guess 2 ms is normal on
> win98.
Win98 is the problem I am trying to solve with my program ...
> Since you have the scope hooked up you may look at hardware flow control too.
>
> tcgetattr( fd, &ttyset );
> ttyset.c_cflag |= HARDWARE_FLOW_CONTROL;
> tcsetattr( fd, TCSANOW, &ttyset );
Do you mean CRTSCTS ? HARDWARE_FLOW_CONTROL is not defined in my header files.
I use CLOCAL, which should make the driver ignore modem control lines.
> Let me know if you find anything out. I'm the maintainer of rxtx and would
> be interested in documenting this for others.
sure ...
> --
> Trent Jarvi
> TrentJarvi@yahoo.com
Thanks anyway
Geir
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