ami@kodkod.usc.edu (Ami Motro) (06/07/90)
Hi, I have a Casio BOSS SF-9000, which can communicate with an IBM PC through a special RS232 connector (the connector has some IC built into it). I want the BOSS to communicate with my Unix workstation instead. I figured out (I think) how to connect that special RS232 to the serial port of my workstation, but I can't get them to talk, because I don't know the protocol (Whatever I try the BOSS displays "transmit error!"). Any suggestions? Does Casio divulge such information? The company that provided the connector and the associated PC software would not give such information. Thanks! Ami Motro ami@usc.edu
mdapoz@hybrid.UUCP (Mark Dapoz) (06/08/90)
In article <25152@usc.edu> ami@kodkod.usc.edu (Ami Motro) writes: >I want the BOSS to communicate with my Unix workstation instead. > >Any suggestions? Does Casio divulge such information? >The company that provided the connector and the associated PC software >would not give such information. I tried getting an official protocol spec from both Casio and Travelling Software, both of which told me it was proprietary and couldn't be revealed. Being determined to get my SF-900 to talk to my unix system, I spent a bit of time working out the protocol and implementing a library to communicate with the SF-9000. I have it more or less done, it's just the documentation needs a bit more work so I've been reluctant to post it. I will however make it available to anyone who requests it. The code also includes a simple yacc grammer which can be used to program the BOSS from a unix system. -- Managing a software development team | Mark Dapoz is a lot like being on the psychiatric | mdapoz%hybrid@cs.toronto.edu ward. -Mitch Kapor, San Jose Mercury | ...uunet!mnetor!hybrid!mdapoz