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- #TASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS
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- ~zThe Asynchronous Port:~N
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- The computer must speak the language of |asynchronous communications|.
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- A device to allow this to happen is called an ~g~Y~Iasynchronous port or RS-232.~N
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- It is the interface between the data terminal equipment and the data
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- communications equipment, employing |serial binary data| interchange. The
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- ~m~ZRS-232 is an Electronics Industry Association standard~N which outlines
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- the set of rules for exchanging data between business machines.
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- The connector type is generally DB-25 or DB-9. DB-25 used more frequently.
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- ~yThe four components of an asynchronous RS-232 communications
- system are the port, the cable, the modem, and the software.~N
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- THE FOUR COMPONENTS OF AN
- ASYNCHRONOUS SYSTEM ARE:
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- (1)PORT, (2)CABLE
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- (3)MODEM & (4)SOFTWARE
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- ~zThe Cable:~N
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- In the PC world, ~c~W~Isome manufacturers do not follow the RS-232 standard
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- exactly.~N Some manufacturers use a different connector or they rearrange the
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- pin order within the connector.~y~Y~I Cables can get broken wires and loose
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- pins, or they can be wired incorrectly.~N We'll discuss wiring diagrams
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- and the RS232 standard in a later chapter.
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- #QQ,B,7
- Quick Quiz:
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- The interface between the Data Terminal Equipment
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- and the Data Circuit Equipment is called what type
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- of port ?
- RS-232 or Asynchronous
- asynchronous,RS-232,Async,rs232
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- ~zThe Modem:~N
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- The most common use for a serial port is as a |modem| interface. ~y~W~IModems
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- allow computers to communicate over telephone lines.~N Hayes Microcomputer
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- Products introduced the Smartmodem in the early 1980's.
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- ~y~W~IToday 2400bps through 17.6kbps are common.~N Smart modems are programmable
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- modems. Before smart modems were introduced, you had to dial your calls
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- by hand. ~m~W~IToday smart modems can send programmable commands via software
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- to the computer, dail a number until it answers, log onto the host
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- computer at that number, download a file, and log off.~N All without the
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- operator having to be present. This is very useful.
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- ~zThe Communications Software:~N
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- The three best known asynchronous communications software packages
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- that we have tested in our lab are:
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- ~yCrosstalk by Microsoft/DCA
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- ~ySmartcom III by Hayes
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- ~yProcomm by Datastorm~N
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- If you purchase a programmable modem, be sure your computer software
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- understands the modem's language. ~m~ZMost smart modems claim to use the
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- same language as the market leader, Hayes.~N If you are using a clone,
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- make sure the manufacturer states that the modem will run on your model
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- clone. More detail of the RS-232 interface will be discussed in the
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- next chapter.
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- #BO,20,7,60,14,9,1,1,5,0,3
- PLEASE TAKE SOME TIME AND
- REVIEW.
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- YOUR ASYNCHRONOUS QUIZ IS
- NEXT.
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- #QT,T,RS232-1
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- IN CHAPTER 4, WE COMBINE
- OUR KNOWLEDGE FROM PREVIOUS
- CHAPTERS TO BUILD A MODEL.
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- WE WILL BUILD A SIMULATION
- OF RS-232 DATA FLOW FROM
- THE TRANSMITTING COMPUTER
- TO THE RECEIVING COMPUTER.
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- YOU WILL ACTUALLY SEE AND
- UNDERSTAND THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
- TERM "MODEM POLLING"
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- #VNOTFREE.VOI
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