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[email protected] (Carl Lionberger) · Wed, 13 Nov 96 10:20:44 PST

I modified z8530Serial.c to set odd parity and do some break manipulations, 
using ioctl calls.  It may not do exactly what you need but it might be 
helpful to look at.  

	Carl

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> > Is there a way to set parity (none, even, odd) on a 162
> > serial port running vxworks 5.2?  I see how you can set 
> > just about everything else using "ioctl" but not parity. 
> > I have a power supply that requires "even parity". 
> > I know that there is an option (OPT_7_BIT) to strip the parity bit
> > on incoming data but no way of transmitting with even parity.
> 
> The source to the tty driver for the mv162 seems to only cover the
> baud rate in its hardware-specific portion.  If you are REALLY stuck, you
> can cheat by accessing the 8530 serial controller directly or adding the
> proper IOCTL code to z8530Serial.c in you vxWorks distribution and
> recompiling it.  Either way, you will want to use the 8530 driver as
> an example of how to use the chip.
> 
> 
> --John Winans
> 

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

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