socket and serial port

[Dar Scott]

On Jun 16, 2004, at 5:15 AM, maxence.bernard at ensi-bourges.fr wrote:

> Using Revolution, I managed to communicate with a weather station 
> through
> a serial communication, by configuring the SerialControlString property
> (2400 bauds, DATA=8, and "rts=on" and "dtr=off". These two last 
> properties
> are neccessary for the communication with the weather station !

The rts=on and dtr=off are unusual.

I suspect the weather station is using those to provide the voltages 
for its transmit line.  Maybe it is using those for all power.

If the weather station has a power input, you can try that and see if 
it removes the need for rts=on and dtr=off.

Dar Scott