<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div><br></div><div>The Doug Hall RBI-1 is a serial device but it is not a rs232 device. It's clock timings can not be generated by any other means (at this time by app_rpt). Perhaps you could spoof out a few serial lines and add some hardware but would be a bunch of work to incorporate in the source code as it is. Perhaps as a external set using scripting ? </div><div><br></div><div>I found it easier to use a ATOM PC board that had the parallel port.</div><div><br></div><div>Just a note, I do not think that a USB to parallel converter will work for this either. The usb converters don't seem to support the pin punching in linux. I would be happy to hear if someone gets that to work though.<br></div><div><br></div><div>If You want to develop a new method, I'm sure there are a lot of folks that have no parallel ports that would send you flowers for your work !</div><div><br></div><div>Sorry, poor humor, but it's just not a reasonable thing considering the alternatives. The parallel port is the easiest way to generate the timings required to send data to it. Remembering that the RBI-1 was designed for hardwired controllers that already had a serial data and strobe line like the ACC's and CAT.<br></div><div><br></div><div>...mike/kb8jnm</div><div><br></div><blockquote id="replyBlockquote" webmail="1" style="border-left: 2px solid blue; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px; font-size:10pt; color:black; font-family:verdana;">
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Subject: [App_rpt-users] Connect Doug Hall RBI-1 to URIx<br>
From: Michael Wolthuis <<a href="mailto:wolthuis@gmail.com">wolthuis@gmail.com</a>><br>
Date: Mon, April 21, 2014 10:58 pm<br>
To: "<a href="mailto:app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org">app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org">app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org</a>><br>
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<div>Does anyone have info on how to control the Doug Hall RBI-1 from a URIx without the need to use the parallel port on the computer? </div><div><br></div><div>Possibly there existed an interface at one time to do this?</div><div><br></div><div>What is the recommended method of doing so for remote base? Trying to stay away from needing a parallel port also if possible.</div><div><br></div><div>There used to be a page on the drupal site, but I can’t locate it.</div><div><br></div><div>Mike</div><div>kb8zgl</div><div><br></div> <hr>_______________________________________________<br>
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