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From: pozar@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Pozar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: What do I do about framing errors?
Keywords: Framing  Errors  HELP  Serial communications
Message-ID: <7192@hoptoad.uucp>
Date: 6 May 89 17:11:03 GMT
References: <20254@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>
Reply-To: pozar@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Pozar)
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In article <20254@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> dor@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Douglas R. Oosting) writes:
>HELP!  I am still trying to write a software communications package for IBM
>XT/AT style computers.  The program is written in Turbo Pascal 5 with some
>inline code, using part of the PibTerm package found on simtel20.  (Current
>version)  On several diverse models (laser XT, Compaq 386, Tandy 3000) the 
>program is working fine.  On HP 386 machines, though, it gets constant
>framing errors when the modem is on-line to the remote VAX.  I cannot find 
>anywhere a method for dealing with framing errors...is there a way to stop
>this from happening?  Can some helpful soul e-mail advice about what to
>do about this?  Im at wits end here.

    Framing errors occur when the uart is expecting a specific
    length (time) of data and the "packet" is either too short
    or too long.  The major culpret is ussualy parity.  Have you
    played with all of the parameters?

	      Tim


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