At 04:29 PM 10/2/2004, mmynsted_news wrote:

>Would anybody help direct me to exactly how to connect the CTS and RTS busses 
>to a MAX233?  I have a perfboard setup with a circ much like the following:
>http://www.compsys1.com/workbench/On_top_of_the_Bench/Max233_Adapter/max233_adapter.html
>
>Differences include, no cap, and mine is on perf board.
>
>Here is a pic:
>http://204.127.198.24/~mmynsted_news/dsc01136.jpg
>
>The data sheet does not help... I guess I am still too new to this.  
>
>http://www.compsys1.com/workbench/On_top_of_the_Bench/Max233_Adapter/max233_adapter.html
>>From that same page I see them connecting the PIC uC side to pins 1 and 20, it 
>is the cable side that is a bit unclear.  It looks like they are connecting 
>cts to pin 20 and joining that to pin 11 (a voltage inverter?) and also 17 
>joined to 12 for RTS (also inverting voltage?)?

Be aware, there is no standard pin for the handshake signals, on the uP.
The uart only supports data out, and data in. 
Handshake is done with any two pins you like, and you have to write the software to drive it. 

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