Re: Serial port permissions -

2011-10-19 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 19/10/11 09:30, Tim wrote: > Brian Mury: >>> You should see +12 volts or -12 volts (actually anything between 3 >>> and 15 meets the spec, but you'll usually see somewhere around 12). >>> Negative voltages are high, positive voltages are low, > Tim: >> Other way around... A high (digital 1) is

Re: Serial port permissions -

2011-10-19 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 18/10/11 21:28, Brian Mury wrote: > On Tue, 2011-10-18 at 21:00 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> Ok, I made those settings on the second computer, the Dell, and >> the signals toggle just as you said. > Great! > >> It's set to use Pulseaudio and I've been setting audio lev

Re: Serial port permissions -

2011-10-19 Thread Tim
Brian Mury: >> You should see +12 volts or -12 volts (actually anything between 3 >> and 15 meets the spec, but you'll usually see somewhere around 12). >> Negative voltages are high, positive voltages are low, Tim: > Other way around... A high (digital 1) is a positive voltage, a low > (digital

Re: Serial port permissions -

2011-10-19 Thread Tim
On Tue, 2011-10-18 at 10:13 -0700, Brian Mury wrote: > You should see +12 volts or -12 volts (actually anything between 3 and > 15 meets the spec, but you'll usually see somewhere around 12). > Negative voltages are high, positive voltages are low, Other way around... A high (digital 1) is a posi

Re: Serial port permissions -

2011-10-18 Thread Brian Mury
On Tue, 2011-10-18 at 21:00 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > Ok, I made those settings on the second computer, the Dell, and > the signals toggle just as you said. Great! > It's set to use Pulseaudio and I've been setting audio levels > with "Pulse Audio Volume Control

Re: Serial port permissions -

2011-10-18 Thread g
On 10/19/2011 12:57 AM, Brian Mury wrote: <> > Nice to meet you! I'm VE7NGR - No Good Radio ;-). you also. > Wow - I can't imagine quitting the hobby because someone didn't return a > set of tapes I'd loaned out! it was not just the loss of the tapes and my trouble of learning code. there were

Re: Serial port permissions -

2011-10-18 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 18/10/11 20:35, Brian Mury wrote: > On Tue, 2011-10-18 at 19:13 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> No GPS. An old Kenwood TS440S, has antenna tuner but no external >> digital control. It also has AFSK in and out, as well as a DIN >> connector with everything at one point, da

Re: Serial port permissions -

2011-10-18 Thread Brian Mury
On Wed, 2011-10-19 at 00:05 +, g wrote: > i am formerly, WB4OYI, Whiskey Be for Old Yellow Indian. it took me > less than 10 minutes to come up with that one. 8-) Nice to meet you! I'm VE7NGR - No Good Radio ;-). > i would have continued with ham radio, where it not for a 'lid' > stealing my

Re: Serial port permissions -

2011-10-18 Thread Brian Mury
On Tue, 2011-10-18 at 19:13 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > No GPS. An old Kenwood TS440S, has antenna tuner but no external > digital control. It also has AFSK in and out, as well as a DIN > connector with everything at one point, date, ptt, mic. mute, > etc. I plan to

Re: Serial port permissions -

2011-10-18 Thread g
On 10/18/2011 09:43 PM, Brian Mury wrote: <> i looked up fldigi prog and found what it is for. rest i am very familiar with from past. i am formerly, WB4OYI, Whiskey Be for Old Yellow Indian. it took me less than 10 minutes to come up with that one. 8-) i would have continued with ham radio, wh

Re: Serial port permissions -

2011-10-18 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 18/10/11 17:19, Brian Mury wrote: > No CAT control for your radio? What radio are you using? > Perhaps an older GPS with serial output? No GPS. An old Kenwood TS440S, has antenna tuner but no external digital control. It also has AFSK in and out, as well as a DIN connect

Re: Serial port permissions -

2011-10-18 Thread Brian Mury
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 10:30, g wrote: > what you have not communicated, are you connecting to a modem, or to > another computer? Neither. He is trying to use a RS-232 control signal as an input to a simple transistor or optocoupler circuit, which will ground the "push to talk" input to a radio

Re: Serial port permissions -

2011-10-18 Thread Brian Mury
>     I guess the only thin I may have that I could tie to a serial port >     would be an old dial ip modem if I can find it. I don't even have >     a wired telephone line, cell phones only in this house. But the >     modem would do for testing. Or I could cut up this serial cable >     and make

Re: Serial port permissions -

2011-10-18 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 09:00:16 -0700, Brian Mury wrote: > On Tue, 2011-10-18 at 11:36 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > How do I determine if I have the right serial port > > permissions, where do I look? > > The serial port device should be owned b

Re: Serial port permissions -

2011-10-18 Thread g
On 10/18/2011 06:36 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: <> >> yum instal fldigi would probably do it. I got it via yumex --- bummer. "fldigi" is not available for my install of sl 5.5, so i can not try program. possibly someone else reading this thread and using fedora can pull it to run a test to insure it

Re: Serial port permissions -

2011-10-18 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 18/10/11 14:31, g wrote: > On 10/18/2011 05:55 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> On 18/10/11 13:30, g wrote: > before commenting further on your problems, where did you get prog > that allows you to toggle signals? > > have you used it before and it worked and now does not? > > if you post where you got

Re: Serial port permissions -

2011-10-18 Thread g
On 10/18/2011 05:55 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 18/10/11 13:30, g wrote: before commenting further on your problems, where did you get prog that allows you to toggle signals? have you used it before and it worked and now does not? if you post where you got program, i can pull it and test it with

Re: Serial port permissions -

2011-10-18 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 18/10/11 13:30, g wrote: > On 10/18/2011 04:42 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > <> > >> Ok I've added "dialout" but still don't see a change in voltage, >> on the second computer it sits at -11+? I logged out/in, perhaps >> a reboot is required? I'll try that. > "what we have here is failure to communi

Re: Serial port permissions -

2011-10-18 Thread g
On 10/18/2011 04:42 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: <> > Ok I've added "dialout" but still don't see a change in voltage, > on the second computer it sits at -11+? I logged out/in, perhaps > a reboot is required? I'll try that. "what we have here is failure to communicate". 8-D both, on your part and on

Re: Serial port permissions -

2011-10-18 Thread Brian Mury
>[bobg@box9 ~]$ ll -al /dev/ttyS* >crw-rw. 1 root dialout 4, 64 Oct 18 03:14 /dev/ttyS0 >crw-rw. 1 root dialout 4, 65 Oct 18 03:14 /dev/ttyS1 >crw-rw. 1 root dialout 4, 66 Oct 18 03:14 /dev/ttyS2 >crw-rw. 1 root dialout 4,

Re: Serial port permissions -

2011-10-18 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 18/10/11 12:21, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 18/10/11 12:00, Brian Mury wrote: >> On Tue, 2011-10-18 at 11:36 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: >>> How do I determine if I have the right serial port >>> permissions, where do I look? >> The serial po

Re: Serial port permissions -

2011-10-18 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 18/10/11 12:00, Brian Mury wrote: > On Tue, 2011-10-18 at 11:36 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> How do I determine if I have the right serial port >> permissions, where do I look? > The serial port device should be owned by root, and belong to the >

Re: Serial port permissions -

2011-10-18 Thread Brian Mury
On Tue, 2011-10-18 at 11:36 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > How do I determine if I have the right serial port > permissions, where do I look? The serial port device should be owned by root, and belong to the dialout group, with both the owner and the group having re

Serial port permissions -

2011-10-18 Thread Bob Goodwin
l port? Brian How do I determine if I have the right serial port permissions, where do I look? Bob -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Gu