[GreenKeys] Video - Model 26 working / baudotrss question

[epvgk at limpoc.com]

On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 09:37:13AM -0400, Zach Zarzycki wrote:
> Good deal!  I'm happy to be able to show it working!
> 
> I set all the flags to no and saved except for the auto return after 70 characters. No dice yet. I was hoping it would work this morning before I went to work but alas.
> 
> Its weird to me that after running baudotrss, closing it, and opening the terminal and reconnecting to com12 where the device is, it will NOT type on the machine until I disconnect and reconnect the USB. It's almost like the board or Windows is handling that software strangely. 
> 
> When baudotrss opens, it finds the machine and types those 3 letters, but then it seems to kill any further communication with the board/26. I tried both the standalone windows version AND the built from python 2.7 version. 
> 
> I'm not sure where to go from here except to load it up on a Linux distro and see if it's a Windows problem. 
> 
> Btw - are you THE Eric that created this?? It's awesome! I am very glad Jordan did a run of them!
> 

I am, though Jordan did all the work of getting them manufactured this run, and I think
made revisions to the board and firmware as well. 

BTW all the convenience features like auto-cr/lf won't do anything in passthru/notranslate
mode - the point of that mode was for it to behave as much as possible like a completely
dumb interface for people using software that expects that. 

One of the more popular alternatives has been to use a commercial USB-serial interface 
chip that can sometimes have its baud rate timing table overwritten so that when you tell 
it to use, say, 300 baud, it really runs at around 45 baud. It just passes raw 5 bit 
characters straight through. BaudotRSS and some other software expect this kind of interface. 

Fwiw I've written a linux base suite of programs for doing stuff like this too, but it's
really not "user-friendly" as far as just being able to install and run it. But if you're
a comfortable linux and python user, check out https://github.com/epvuc/loop-gateway
I think Jordan might have forked this too and added to it. 

eric

> 
> 
> From: epvgk at limpoc.com
> Sent: 29 September 2019 22:43
> To: shardsofaperture at gmail.com
> Cc: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Video - Model 26 working / baudotrss question
> 
> 
> On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 09:54:09PM -0400, Zach Zarzycki wrote:
> >
> > https://youtu.be/aHB8tWwZXbg
> >
> 
> BTW this is the first time I've seen a 26 running via the board, so that's exciting!
> 
> 
> eric
> 
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