IBM 6094-020 Lighted Program Function Keys

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Dave McGuire wrote:
>>>> I have the power adapter now and the correct cabling.  This device 
>>>> communicates over the serial port, but I have no idea how to talk to 
>>>> it, and I haven't even been able to get it to transmit noise on the 
>>>> serial port to the host PC.  (I've tried a variety of bps rates.)
>>>>
>>>> Does anybody have IBM book SA23-2646-01 "Hardware Technical 
>>>> Reference: Options and Devices" ?  The protocol for speaking to this 
>>>> thing might be in there ...

I'm pretty sure I can get that book.

>>>> If anybody else has one connected to a PC RT or an old AIX box, it 
>>>> would be possible to reverse engineer the protocol by tapping the 
>>>> serial cable and watching what comes across.
>>>>
>>>> It's a neat looking piece of hardware - 32 buttons, each having a 
>>>> controllable indicator light.  But I'm getting grumpy because I have 
>>>> no idea how to feed it. :-(
>>>   I have a few of those.  Really, really neat little boxes.  I've 
>>> been similarly unable to find out anything about them. :-(
>>
>> I use one on a daily basis at work.
>>
>> What do you want to know?
> 
>   Protocol specs! :-)

I may or may not be able to get protocol specs.  I'll have to look. 
What I know I can get is AIX API docs for it.

Peace...  Sridhar