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- From: gerry@bluemoon.rn.com (Gerard M. Foley)
- Subject: Re: AEA-FAX
- Message-ID: <L7gPPB4w165w@bluemoon.rn.com>
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- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 10:09:32 EDT
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- gerry@bluemoon.rn.com (Gerard M. Foley) writes:
-
- > then@vipunen.hut.fi (Tomi H Engdahl) writes:
- >
- > > In article <6LRgPB4w165w@bluemoon.rn.com> gerry@bluemoon.rn.com (Gerard M.
- > >
- > > > Since it seemed busted anyway, I just now pried it open.
- > > >I have not finished tracing the schematic diagram of it,
- > > >but believe it or not, it containes the following parts,
- > > >and no more: 1 Dual Op-Amp 5 resistors 4 diodes 4
- > > >capacitors! (Sorry for the spelling of "contains" up
- > > >there). There's magic in electronics!
- > >
- > > The magic is mainly in software, because most decoding of the
- > > fax signal is done in software. That's what I think. I have seen
- > > a shareware program called Hamcomm, which can send and decode
- > > morse, rtty etc. signals. The circuit needed for decoding contains one
- > > Op-amp and some passive components. The circuit filters the incoming
- > > signal and converts it to square wave, which is send to one of the input pi
- > > in the serial port. Every time the state in that input changes, UART
- > > generates an interrupt. The software measeres time between interrupts
- > > and so determines the signal frequency. When the program is used for sendin
- > > the PC speaker ouput is connected (via passive low-pass filter) toi the
- > > transmitter. Quite a hack.
- > > I think that the fax device you mentioned works in the quite same way.
- > >
- > >
- > > --
- > >
- > > Tomi.Engdahl@hut.fi "Don't force it; get a larger hammer"
- > > then@vipunen.hut.fi
- >
- > The op-amp was a Motorola LM358N. I replaced it with a
- > Radio Shack Cat.No.276-038, price $0.99, and the AEA-FAX
- > seems to work again.
- > It looks to me as if the AEA-FAX gets its power from
- > RS232C line 20 (DTR) when that is made positive. It seems
- > that the device is reset and interrogated on line 4 (RTS)
- > and that the brightness level is proportional to the time
- > that elapses until line 6 (DSR) changes state. If any
- > software geniuses have good ideas on how to program to
- > make this work, I would be very happy to hear from them.
- > For VGA display, the device and software must perform
- > the conversion to a gray level 480 times for each FAX
- > drum revolution. The FAX drums turn at 1, 2 or 4 times
- > per second.
- >
- > This is from
- > gerry@bluemoon.rn.com
- > who doesn't have his (or her) own obnoxious signature yet
-
- Second thoughts make me question my timing hypothesis.
- It seems clear, however that line 4 controls and line 6
- receives the info.
-
- This is from
- gerry@bluemoon.rn.com
- who doesn't have his (or her) own obnoxious signature yet
-