[nos-bbs] More on these RTS based PTT circuits everywhere

[Boudewijn (Bob) Tenty]

I have an Dell and I believe it is a Optiplex. It was previously in use as my Gateway
but I had no problem with it driving a hw tnc. I will measure what the RTS rest state is. Of course
a software crash with RTS/RS-232 stuck in a certain state wouldn't be stopped by that FET.  I may add
that I have a diode in parallel with the input of my Optocoupler to clamp negative RTS pulses to ground
or at least 0.6V, just in case.

Bob VE3TOK

On 2021-02-01 05:10, M Langelaar wrote:
> I did some searching Bob and it would appear that some PC manufacturers
> and some USB to RS232 controllers actually invert the logic of their serial
> ports for the default rest state. I am using a Dell Optiplex with Windows 7,
> and quite honestly it's usually a Dell even on my linux systems. That's how
> I burned out my Tekk Data Radio a few years ago. JNOS crashed and I had
> not had the watchdog component of my circuit built at the time (I did after
> the incident).
>
> I even read a post where a guy has requested a 'invert RTS' option. I often
> wonder why nobody else has said anything about these posts. I'm not making
> this stuff up, it's very consistent, and that's why I'm going through all this trouble.
>
> I mean who needs to come home and find their radio smoked cause a program
> crashed. In my case anyways, and it would appear also for the guy who came
> up with the circuit in the link I provided where he put in the BS170 inverter.
>
> Maiko
>
> On 01/02/2021 3:41 a.m., M Langelaar wrote:
>> Well there in lies the problem. my rest RTS is always high, interesting.
>>
>> What computer model do you have, and version of O/S.
>>
>> On 31/01/2021 10:07 p.m., Boudewijn (Bob) Tenty wrote:
>>> I have the RTS line connected via an resistor to the anode of the diode inside the Optocoupler, with the cathode in there
>>> connected to ground. In rest RTS is negative.  When I activate PTT in FLdigi, WSJTX, etc. RTS goes positive and Optocoupler
>>> pulls PTT to ground and operates TX as you said. If I quite my programs like the above, RTS just remains negative, no tx is triggered here
>>> after that.  No problem here.
>>>
>>>> converts negative logic to positive ...
>>> That is the only thing I shouldn't  have said as RTS is using NRZ.
>>>
>>> Bob VE3TOK
>>>
>>> On 2021-01-31 21:25, M Langelaar wrote:
>>>> Hey Bob,
>>>>
>>>>> In those other 100s of circuits the Optocoupler already
>>>>> converts negative logic to positive ...
>>>> How ? why then when I quite most of my programs like winmor,
>>>> or WinRPR, optocoupler is energized and PTT is taken to ground
>>>> and TX is triggered, unless I'm missing something really obvious :(
>>>>
>>>> Maiko
>>>>
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