Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 11:30:58 -0400 From: W Gerald Hicks <wghicks@bellsouth.net> To: Terry Glanfield <terry@program-products.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com>, wghicks@wghicks.bellsouth.net Subject: Re: console terminal server and power loss Message-ID: <199905251530.LAA81489@bellsouth.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "25 May 1999 14:45:46 BST." <eg14ltg8l.fsf@program-products.co.uk>
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> > I may be wrong, but I thought a <break> on an RS/232 was a 25ms > > drop in the +5v line. When the power goes out, that will be the > > case... so, you get your break. There's not much you can do > > about that... > > That's what I suspected. Do you know which line the +5v is and wether > it is constantly +5. It sounds ugly but maybe I could hold it steady > with a small battery. RS232 isn't 5 volts, It swings from -12 to +12 although the 'spec' allows for a wide tolerance. Cheers, Jerry Hicks wghicks@bellsouth.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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