Fedora 15 Update: sjinn-1.01-2.fc15

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2011-6398
2011-05-03 04:22:57
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Name        : sjinn
Product     : Fedora 15
Version     : 1.01
Release     : 2.fc15
URL         : http://sjinn.sourceforge.net/
Summary     : Simple tool for sending & receiving data from RS-232 devices
Description :
S-Jinn is a free, lightweight, open-source Linux application written in
C. It is a simple command-line tool designed for sending & receiving
data from PC controlled TIA/EIA-232 (RS-232) test, measurement,
and control devices.

Depending on your application you may be able to use stty or
C-Kermit, but I believe you will find that S-Jinn is easier-to-use,
more intuitive, and more concise in the area of command-line and/or
scripted RS-232 data acquisition and control.

Popular Linux communications packages like Minicom will also
communicate with RS-232 devices, but they are better suited to modems,
computers, network devices, etc. They typically lack support for any
combination of UART communication settings required by many of the
RS-232 test, measurement, and control devices on the market.

Most communications packages also lack command-line support. Some
provide scripting languages, but S-Jinn frees you from
application-specific languages. S-Jinn simply directs the data to
STDOUT where you can display it, pipe it, and/or redirect it to
be processed by your favorite Unix shell and/or scripting language
regardless of whether you prefer Bash, Python, Perl, Expect, or you
name it.

Other S-Jinn features include the ability to:

    * Control RS-232 DTR and RTS lines from the command-line

    * Display DTR, RTS, CTS & DSR status

    * Send control characters (including the NULL character)

    * Send values in hex

    * Specify read length

    * Set programmable delay times for both send & read.

    * Support for virtually all baud rates, parity, and data lengths
      found in standard PC UARTS

    * Output Formatting: ASCII, hex, ASCII-over-hex, wrap text,
      truncate lines, suppress trailing line feeds

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Update Information:

sjinn - Simple tool for sending & receiving data from RS-232 devices
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ChangeLog:

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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #697673 - Review Request: sjinn - Simple tool for sending & receiving data from RS-232 devices
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697673
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update sjinn' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
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