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Date:      Wed, 1 Nov 2006 19:17:19 +1100
From:      Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>
To:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Digiboard PC/Xem problems
Message-ID:  <20061101081719.GB849@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>

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I have a system with a Digiboard PCI PC/Xem in it as a terminal
concentrator (for console management).  It was originally purchased
with a single DB-25 interface box and I've successfully been using it
(with digi(4) and conserver-com) for many years.  I recently added a
second interface box (RJ-45) and have run into problems.

Whilst the DB-25 ports still work, the RJ-45 ports report nonsense.
Specifically, if I hand-type characters into tip with a loopback
connection, the returned character appears to have been anded with
0xe1.  The fact that both the LSB and several MSBs are correct implies
that the speed and framing are correct.  I don't understand why the
middle bits are all zeros.  I've tried a couple of different speeds
without success - though if I paste a long string of 'a's at 110bps, I
get back a string of 'A's - which implies that the framing isn't
perfect.

I noticed that the firmware (FEP/BIOS) has never been upgraded and
tried upgrading it to the latest version (2.4.4 ISO 2.3.2) but
that hasn't helped.

Is anyone else using Digiboards or does anyone have any suggestions?

BTW, talking of the firmware, the original Digi copyrights appear to
have been lost somewhere along the line because the firmware files are
now sporting a BSD license which the original definitely didn't have.

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Peter Jeremy

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