dor@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Douglas R. Oosting) (05/05/89)
HELP! I am still trying to write a software communications package for IBM
XT/AT style computers. The program is written in Turbo Pascal 5 with some
inline code, using part of the PibTerm package found on simtel20. (Current
version) On several diverse models (laser XT, Compaq 386, Tandy 3000) the
program is working fine. On HP 386 machines, though, it gets constant
framing errors when the modem is on-line to the remote VAX. I cannot find
anywhere a method for dealing with framing errors...is there a way to stop
this from happening? Can some helpful soul e-mail advice about what to
do about this? Im at wits end here.
Mega-thanks in advance...
Douglas Oosting
(no this is not the same problem I was having earlier with this silly thing)
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In the Society : Cadrys ap Dulas o Caereira, Barony of An Crosaire, Trimarisdave@westmark.UUCP (Dave Levenson) (05/06/89)
Framing errors on a serial port usually mean incompatible UART
configurations. Make sure both machines are set for the same speed,
parity mode, character length, and number of stop-bits.
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...the man in the mooneypozar@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Pozar) (05/07/89)
In article <20254@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> dor@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Douglas R. Oosting) writes: >HELP! I am still trying to write a software communications package for IBM >XT/AT style computers. The program is written in Turbo Pascal 5 with some >inline code, using part of the PibTerm package found on simtel20. (Current >version) On several diverse models (laser XT, Compaq 386, Tandy 3000) the >program is working fine. On HP 386 machines, though, it gets constant >framing errors when the modem is on-line to the remote VAX. I cannot find >anywhere a method for dealing with framing errors...is there a way to stop >this from happening? Can some helpful soul e-mail advice about what to >do about this? Im at wits end here. Framing errors occur when the uart is expecting a specific length (time) of data and the "packet" is either too short or too long. The major culpret is ussualy parity. Have you played with all of the parameters? Tim -- ...sun!hoptoad!\ Tim Pozar >fidogate!pozar Fido: 1:125/406 ...lll-winken!/ PaBell: (415) 788-3904 USNail: KKSF / 77 Maiden Lane / San Francisco CA 94108