rfadler@uswnvg.UUCP (Richard Fadler) (03/27/91)
In the documentation for our terminal server it describes how it can perform hardware flow control on the receiving side but does not say if it will originate hardware flow control (which of course is what we are interested in). We would like to use this configuration to collect operational data from remote devices that support rs232 interfaces and require that the connection be extremely reliable. Does anyone have any information or practical experience with this configuration?
poorman@convex.com (Peter W. Poorman) (03/27/91)
In <711@uswnvg.UUCP> rfadler@uswnvg.UUCP (Richard Fadler) writes: >In the documentation for our terminal server it describes how it can perform >hardware flow control on the receiving side but does not say if it will >originate hardware flow control (which of course is what we are interested in). I once called CISCO tech support with this very question. The answer I got was that the CISCO terminal servers do not have a capability for hardware flow control of data input to the CISCO. (Even though the software will let you configure a line for "flowcontrol hardware in".) My application was data-compressing modems. I finally just wired the modem's flow control input to the CISCO DTR output, and quit worrying about it. (Most of the use is just people typing in to terminals anyhow -- the output side was my major concern.) For your application, this probably won't be an acceptable solution. --Pete Poorman poorman@convex.com