Subject: Re: Support for MultiTech MT5634ZPX-PCI-U
To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net>
From: Jean-Luc Wasmer <jl+netbsd@wasmer.ca>
List: current-users
Date: 01/19/2004 09:30:07
> > but my serial port can only do 115.2K
> > and I want to record at 16 bit/11025. I can always buy a Serial-PCI card
> > that can do 230400 bps but they're expensive (for a serial card) and I
still
> > have to make sure I get one that's supported by NetBSD.
>
> dumb serial PCI cards are all supported. if not - few new lines in
> pucdata.c makes it supported :)
>
> USB to serial bridges is better and cheaper solution anyway.

I never used one... It sounds like a good solution but do they need OS
support?
(like, how does one set the serial comm parameters?)


> anyway - can't your modem record at 11025 8-bit u-law or a-law? 16-bit
> linear won't be better as logarithmic 8-bit is the way voice is
> actually transmitted.

I can always try... but I'd rather limit the number of encoding/decoding
cycles.

JL