Serial Protocol for Starturn 4 PC

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Serial Protocol for Starturn 4 PC

Post by rasp » Tue 19 Feb , 2013 10:18 am

I am running a Starturn 4 off an old laptop using DOS version 6, all is working well but the problem is I keep running into the maximum number of lines allowable in the Denford software.

I guess all that is happening in the software is a string of text is being sent and an Ack returned when that line is complete, and maybe some status data returned for speed feed etc.

My question is this :-

Are the serial protocols documented anywhere so I could write a VB or C++ program to spool large files to the old machine?

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Re: Serial Protocol for Starturn 4 PC

Post by Denford Admin » Wed 20 Feb , 2013 10:08 am

I've passed this on to one of the old software guys who should be able to help...he's on holiday at the moment though

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Re: Serial Protocol for Starturn 4 PC

Post by rasp » Thu 14 Mar , 2013 16:28 pm

Hi,

any news on the protocols?

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Re: Serial Protocol for Starturn 4 PC

Post by Denford Admin » Thu 14 Mar , 2013 16:56 pm

Sorry not yet - he said he'd have a look but he obviously hasn't has chance or has forgotten!
I'll ask again.

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Re: Serial Protocol for Starturn 4 PC

Post by neil_f » Sun 06 Mar , 2016 20:54 pm

He's taking quite a while, isn't he? :wink:

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