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- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Path: sparky!uunet!nwnexus!puma
- From: puma <puma@halcyon.com>
- Subject: Re: really low speed modems
- Message-ID: <XV1gwB1w165w@halcyon.com>
- Originator: bbs@halcyon.com
- Sender: sso@nwnexus.WA.COM (System Security Officer)
- Organization: organized?? me??
- References: <HQM.92Dec25010836@transit.ai.mit.edu>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 02:31:56 GMT
- Lines: 25
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- hqm@ai.mit.edu (Henry Minsky) writes:
- > I just picked up a model 3320 teletype. I need to know how to
- > interface it to a rs232 serial line.
- >
- > Can someone describe the correct baud rate settings, stop bits, etc,
- > and what electrical signalling protocol is used. (I have heard
- > that the interface is a "current loop". I need to know how
- > this works)...
-
- I'm not sure if that unit is 110 bps or an older model that's
- even slower, but the current loop problem is another thing...
- While RS232 uses a voltage, one for transmit, one for receive,
- that runs +12 to -12 (or so) with respect to ground, current
- loop uses a wire pair with a current running through it that
- changes to indicate the bit changes. Units can be inserted in
- the loop, like a party line. Somewhere, one unit needs to be
- 'active' and supply the voltage for the loop, and the rest
- are passive. You need to supply enough voltage to maintain
- the proper current in the loop, which varies with the loop
- resistance and number of units, typically 20ma or 60ma.
- Anyway, if you want to hook this up to a typical RS232 port,
- you will need to purchase or build a current loop/RS232
- converter.
- This could end up a lot of work, sure you want to do this??
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