Can the magic control codes pass through to the remote device or does the "black box" have to eat them?
Makes quite a difference... m 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 > Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@w2hx > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wayne S via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Sent: Friday, November 11, 2022 5:08 PM > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> > 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)" > > > >
