[TRLog] Asserting RTS/CTS
Tree N6TR
n6tr@teleport.com
Thu, 13 Nov 1997 05:57:59 -0800 (PST)
> I don't know if this is a worthwhile clue or not, particularly in
> view of the '850s that all seem to work, but when I bought my Smart
> Antenna Switch several years ago, they shipped a driver to be
> accessed from autoexec.bat that "asserted the RTS line." If I
> remember the explanation, it seems the 850 (probably the IF232)
> tends to not realize that a computer is wanting to talk to it until
> it talks to it once, and then it sings like a canary.
Actually, TR will do this by itself, if the port isn't also being
used for CW/PTT. It can't do it in this case, because those very
signals are used for the CW and PTT.
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