| 03:46:36 | edwardam | is away: ZzZzZz |
| 17:10:01 | cynnie | Hello is any one around? |
| 17:10:51 | edwardam | cynnie: sort of |
| 17:10:55 | nikos | cynnie: Yes |
| 17:11:33 | cynnie | I'm trying to write a serial drive for a smartcard reader for the ipaq, my problem is that I can't reset the DTR signal, do you guys know if it's possible? |
| 17:11:46 | boodle | is back (gone 01:17:16) |
| 17:11:52 | nikos | cynnie: Are we talking Linux here? |
| 17:11:59 | cynnie | I've read on Compaq's page for the H3600 spec that the DTR signal is un control'ble by the CPU |
| 17:12:12 | cynnie | winCE .. i could install linux on it if it's possible to do it in linux. |
| 17:12:37 | nikos | cynnie: I don't have an answer I'm afraid, I just wanted to point out that you're not likely to find WinCE information here. see the /topic. |
| 17:13:21 | nikos | cynnie: You would probably be better off sending email about this to ipaq@handhelds.org and being patient. At the same time, I don't know of any reason to think the the documentation would be incorrrect, it doesn't hurt to ask though. |
| 17:13:55 | cynnie | I know, but it's pretty much os specific |
| 17:14:07 | nikos | cynnie: 'it'? |
| 17:14:45 | nikos | cynnie: I'm not sure what 'it' in that sentence refers to. |
| 17:15:21 | edwardam | nikos: The DTR I think |
| 17:15:35 | edwardam | well handling it anyway |
| 17:15:48 | nikos | Surely not, the DTR is a hardware feature, I don't see how it can be OS specific. |
| 17:16:11 | nikos | The specific method of handling perhaps, but the basic issue is a hardware only question. |
| 17:16:29 | cynnie | orr i mean it's not |
| 17:16:41 | cynnie | brain fart i guess |
| 17:16:45 | nikos | cynnie: Ah right. So what is the issue? |
| 17:17:00 | cynnie | can't reset the DTR signal on the serial port basically |
| 17:17:06 | nikos | cynnie: I'm just thinking you are more likely to reach hardware knowledgeable people on the email list. |
| 17:17:09 | cynnie | i'll email ipaq@handhelds.org |
| 17:17:11 | cynnie | yeah i know |
| 17:17:15 | cynnie | thanks anyways |
| 17:17:22 | nikos | cynnie: Great. Be patient, it may take some time for a response. |
| 17:17:27 | cynnie | i will :) |
| 17:17:56 | nikos | The RS-232C transceiver power is controlled by |
| 17:17:56 | nikos | RS232_ON. The DTR is always active as long as the RS-232C transceiver is on, and cannot be controlled by t |
| 17:18:00 | nikos | Oops too late. |
| 17:19:08 | edwardam | nikos: that's what I mean. Handling it may be OS specific. I just didn't state the rest |
| 20:36:50 | edwardam | is away: RandR |
| 22:03:10 | RichB | Can someone answer a bootldr query for me? |