Re: [LHA-misc] Questions on xalib

[Neil C. <nc...@ho...>]

Jay Hogg wrote:
> 
> I've got 0.45 working just fine...
> 
> I believe what you are running into is one of 2 things:
> 1) it can't 'hear' the ocelot. I'll leave out the obvious
> list of "Does the serial port work?" and check the cables but
> make sure you turn off all flow control. I spent about a half-hour
> the first time but since I had used the port for some other stuff
> the flow control was on.

Hmm, time to modifiy the serial port code, that should be done in the
cpuxad library.

Hmm, clocal off, ctsrts off, maybe I've got a bad cable or port. I know
the ocelots (I have 2) are fine. I've checked with another PC.

> 2) you need a link from /dev/ocelot to the device

Device linked /dev/ocelot -> /dev/ttyD4

> Also, I'm running direct (xacmd, not client/server) and I forgot
> the details (diff later) but there was a problem with the using
> the ASCII version (xaacmd) when you send a lot of commands
> back-to-back because there isn't an acknowledgement.

Thanks for the warning, I'll keep that in mind.

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