4 Jun
2003
4 Jun
'03
11:56 a.m.
On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Geoff wrote:
I have some gear that speaks 1200/7/E/2 on the serial port that is used
for configuration. I've found 1200 seems to be very common for simple
configuration or switching type gear, such as UPS and power distribution
devices. I guess this could be due to the fact you can often get away with
much longer cable runs at lower speeds.
Have you opened up the device to see what kind of microcontroller/EPROM(s)
it might contain? I've managed to figure out how to control a few devices
by looking at their EPROM contents.
-Toth
have tried to connect to the device using
9600/8/N/1 over the two
serial ports (DB-9) using both a straight and null-modem cable, but my
terminal emulator senses nothing. A bank of 8 dip switches exists
with the label "config." I
Have you considered trying settings other than 9600/8/N/1?