Message #177
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 13:14:54 UTC
From: cn8hb@tu5ex.civ.af
To: all@tur
Subject: PACTOR, ptc2e & scanning (FBB)
 
Path: TA2BBS!TU5EX
 
From: CN8HB@TU5EX.CIV.AF
To  : NATION@TA2BBS.#ANK.TUR.EU
 
 
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From: CN8HB@CN8TW.CAS.MAR.AF
To  : PACTOR@WW
 
Hi All,
 
Here a thought I would like to share....
 
If you run or plan to run a FBB BBS and have a PTC-IIe and you want to add
the built-in scanning feature from FBB (or Other) why not use an external
device to capture the command data sent by the BBS Software on the RS-232
port between the Computer and the PTC-IIe, process them and then send them to
the tranceiver.
 
That could be done with a PIC and a MAX232. The Data would be fed to the
MAX232 In-port and after processing they would be sent to the tranceiver
either at TTL level or RS-232 level by using the Out-Port of the MAX232.
 
The PIC would then be simply an interpretor of the command set adressed to
the supposed to be PTC-II.
 
Anyone skilled in PIC programming interested ??  Let us know !!!
 
Best 73's de Chris - CN8HB@CN8HB.CAS.MAR.AF
 
>From Sunny Morocco!