Can the magic control codes pass through to the remote device or does the
"black box" have to eat them?

Makes quite a difference...

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On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 5:14 PM W2HX via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
wrote:

> Thanks to everyone who responded. And thanks to Wayne for the black box
> suggestion. I have actually been thinking about that very product. What it
> does is switch a master port to one of several other ports. Not far from
> what I'm seeking. I was thinking of buying one of these and hacking it to
> trigger a relay instead of a change of port. But before I went down that
> path, I thought I'd ask if anyone knew something more fit for purpose.
> Seems not and either this black box unit with a hack or a mcu might be my
> options.
>
> Thanks all!
>
>
> 73 Eugene W2HX
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wayne S via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2022 5:08 PM
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> Cc: Wayne S <wayne.su...@hotmail.com>
> Subject: [cctalk] Re: Inline Serial Device?
>
> Something like this…
>
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Box-Corporation-Modified-SWED98174-Cos-II-Code-Operated-Serial-Switcher-/165759564735?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Nov 11, 2022, at 14:00, Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 11 Nov 2022, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
> I keep a big jar around that's full of blue- and black pill MCU boards,
> as well as a few of the more capable STM32F4 and F7 boards.    Nowadays,
> everything seems to look like a job for an MCU.
>
>
> The MCU has replaced the hammer!
> . . . "To a man with a HAMMER|(big jar of blue and black pill MCUs),
> everything looks like a NAIL|(job for an MCU)"
>
>
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