[c-nsp] Serial lead

[Aaron]

I am using the keyspan with little problems. I'm using securecrt for the
mac. The current of securecrt
(6.7.0 (build 123)) version seems to have fixed the previous requirement to
map a key to send break, aka tn_break.

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 15:15, ryanL <ryan.landry at gmail.com> wrote:

> screen /dev/tty still works ;-)
>
> otherwise: http://www.furrysoft.de/?page=goserial
>
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Wil Schultz <wschultz at bsdboy.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mar 29, 2011, at 6:41 AM, <Christopher.Marget at usc-bt.com> <
> Christopher.Marget at usc-bt.com> wrote:
> >
> >>>> but when connected to a FreeBSD laptop it does send break so it must
> be a
> >>>> driver limitation
> >>> It's a while since I've looked to be honest, so it's probably my shonky
> >>> memory there. Certainly, I've not found a way using the PL2303 and
> >>> driver that I am (which is a kext file downloaded of them interwebs -
> >>> the driver I had with the device didn't have any OSX drivers on at all)
> >>> using to send break using either Terminal.app or iTerm.
> >>>
> >>> If anyone is using a driver under OSX, could you let me know what it
> is?
> >>> Googling didn't seem to bring up anything other than the one I'm
> already
> >>> using.
> >>
> >> PL2303 *can* send a break.  Inability to send break under OSX is a
> driver limitation (last time I checked, anyway).
> >>
> >> There's a terminal emulator that can work around this, however:
> >>
> >> Zterm, by dave alverson.
> >>
> >> It has a "send break" feature that quickly sets the interface down to
> 300 (or so) bps, then prints a single NUL character to the port.
> >>
> >> "break" is a voltage-high framing error.  High voltage for too long.
> >>
> >> Binary zero in RS-232 speak is high voltage.  NUL (zero) is a series of
> high-voltage intervals.  A series of 300bps high-voltage bits will look like
> a framing error to a 9600bps Cisco console.
> >>
> >> Same result as a break!
> >>
> >> You enable the feature within zterm with a shell incantation that
> updates a zterm configuration file.  The details escape me.
> >>
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> >
> > I suppose now that the subject has been brought up, are there any "newer"
> terminal emulation programs than Zterm or using screen through Terminal.app?
> >
> > I've been using ZTerm for... *gasp*... close to a decade, which seems to
> be about the last time it was updated. :-)
> >
> > With Lion (10.7) right around the horizon, and the fact that Rosetta will
> (likely) be gone entirely from Lion, it's about time I got around to looking
> for an alternative for old reliable. Preferably with the ability to send a
> break, heh.
> >
> > -wil
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