Rs232 Emulator Mac
Serial Communication – RS232 Basics In the, we discussed about the basics of serial communication. In this post, we will learn about the RS-232 protocol of serial communication.
This is the protocol you will be using the most when involving microcontrollers like AVR. As we proceed ahead in this post, we will deal with the concept of level conversion and towards the end, we have something interesting and practical for you – the loopback test! Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • RS-232 Basics RS-232 (Recommended Standard – 232) is a standard interface approved by the Electronic Industries Association (EIA) for connecting serial devices.
In other words, RS-232 is a long established standard that describes the physical interface and protocol for relatively low-speed serial data communication between computers and related devices. RS-232 is the interface that your computer uses to “talk” to and exchange data with your modem and other serial devices.
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Serial is a full-featured terminal emulator supporting Xterm, VT102, and ANSI terminal controls. This allows you to navigate the menu-driven interfaces found in many routers, firewalls and switches and use text based programs including emacs, vi, and nano as if you were connected via SSH or Telnet. Setting up a Serial Console in Mac OS X One of two things is generally meant by this, either using a Mac as the interface to a serial device (accomplished by running a terminal emulator program on the Mac), or using another machine to connect to the Mac over serial and accessing the shell provided by the Mac.
The serial ports on most computers use a subset of the RS-232C standard. RS-232 protocol is mostly used over the DB9 port (commonly known as serial port), however earlier it was used over the DB25 port (also known as parallel port). We will have a look at both of them here. RS-232 over DB-9 The pin configuration of DB-9 port is as follows.
Yes, it looks exactly like (in fact it is) the serial port you would find in older computers. DB9 Connector Pins The pin description for the RS-232 pins is as follows: • DTR (data terminal ready): When terminal is turned on, it sends out signal DTR to indicate that it is ready for communication. • DSR (data set ready): When DCE is turned on and has gone through the self-test, it assert DSR to indicate that it is ready to communicate. • RTS (request to send): When the DTE device has byte to transmit, it assert RTS to signal the modem that it has a byte of data to transmit. • CTS (clear to send): When the modem has room for storing the data it is to receive, it sends out signal CTS to DTE to indicate that it can receive the data now. • DCD (data carrier detect): The modem asserts signal DCD to inform the DTE that a valid carrier has been detected and that contact between it and the other modem is established. • RI (ring indicator): An output from the modem and an input to a PC indicates that the telephone is ringing. It goes on and off in synchronous with the ringing sound.
• RxD (Received data): The RxD pin is the Data Receive pin. This is the pin where the receiver receives data.
• TxD (Transmitted data): The TxD pin is the Data Transmit pin. This is the pin through which data is transmitted to the receiver. • GND: Ground pin.
RS-232 over DB-25 The pin configuration of DB-25 port is as follows. Yes, it looks exactly like the parallel (printer) port that you would find in older computers! It is however worth noting that the DB-25 port could transfer data either serially (RS-232) or parallely. The pinouts are different in each case. The pinout for RS-232 over DB-25 is shown below (thanks Thomas and Aaron for clarification). DB25 Connector Pins As we can see, most of the pins are similar to that of a DB9 port. If you notice, we see that in DB25 connector there are two TxD and RxD pairs of pins.