Subject: Re: Siig CyberSerial 4S on netbsd 2.0 ?
To: Peter Seebach <netbsd-help@NetBSD.org>
From: Brad du Plessis <bduplessis@commissionaires.ab.ca>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 06/20/2005 16:05:28
> A followup:  It has the same problems on Mac OS X.  The documentation says
> it can support 920kbps, but OS X thinks it can take 115200.  It doesn't 
> appear
> to be a straight 8x, though.  I have been unable to get usable output from 
> it,
> although I can get strings of weird characters, so I'm probably sorta 
> close.

I see the same funny characters.
Its definitely something funny with the speed settings, connecting 2 ports 
on the same card with a null-modem works fine.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Seebach" <seebs@plethora.net>
To: <netbsd-help@NetBSD.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 7:11 AM
Subject: Re: Siig CyberSerial 4S on netbsd 2.0 ?


> In message <20050614221303.GA2498@antioche.eu.org>, Manuel Bouyer writes:
>>On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 11:47:24PM +0200, Brad du Plessis wrote:
>>> >It's possible that it got the speed wrong. What is the maximum baud 
>>> >rate
>>> >it's supposed to support ?
>>>
>>> I don't know, I tried it with a null modem cable as well at 2400 baud, 
>>> and
>>> it wasn't operating correctly. I would hope it can support 115200 baud.
>>
>>I think it can support much more than that, and the problem you're
>>seeing could be a multiplier issue. For example, if it supports 230400, 
>>it's
>>possible that when set to 9600 bauds at the driver level, it really 
>>operates
>>at 19200.
>
> A followup:  It has the same problems on Mac OS X.  The documentation says
> it can support 920kbps, but OS X thinks it can take 115200.  It doesn't 
> appear
> to be a straight 8x, though.  I have been unable to get usable output from 
> it,
> although I can get strings of weird characters, so I'm probably sorta 
> close.
>
> -s