Re: Firecracker and USB-Serial

[isw <isw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In article <pJ2to.25989$4c3.10352@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
 "Josepi" <JRM.@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Different RS-232 spec.
>
> There are two RS-232 specs. RS232C and RS232. Different voltage limits are
> allowed. % volts is just fine for one
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-232
>
> If you are not using DB25 connectors do not call it RS-232, call it serial
> interface.

Plenty of "non-RS-232" interfaces use DB-25s.

> Now you have to specify DTE or DCE to specify what connector you are using.

The connector is the same; the pinout is different -- sort of. And
things really get confusing when you consider devices that can act as
either DCE or DTE (like many computers). In that case, there's no
*right* way to wire up the connector...

Isaac