Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:46:56 -0500 From: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu Subject: Re: Any Known Issues when using both RS-232 and Native Serial Ports? Message-ID: <200804222046.m3MKkuj4060819@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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I just realized that I failed to mention that the third port would be a USB converter that converts RS-232 to USB. I sent the message before proofing thoroughly. I write: >We have a FreeBSD6.2 system capturing serial data on /dev/ttyd0. >/dev/ttyd1 is currently set up for serial console use and we may >want to add a third serial port to run yet another serial data >capture engine. > > Since receiving serial data is far more problematic than >transmitting it, can anybody think of any particular problem one >might encounter if both the data acquisition ports happened to >be trying to receive data simultaneously? > > The serial console port is not really an issue because >it will be rarely ever used. > > Thank you. > >Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK >Systems Engineer >OSU Information Technology Department Network Operations Group >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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