Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 07:18:35
From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please?


>Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 12:11:28 -0500
>From: "Pres Waterman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please?
>
> > Umm ... right in that case tell me, how would the IrDA dongle pass the
>various handshaking lines onto the normal (DB9 or DB25) serial device
>connected to it given that both that device and its driver back on the
>laptop would be expecting standard Tx/Rx, DTR/DSR, RTS/CTS and CD/RI, a
>total of 4 full duplex lines, WITHOUT the use of a driver shim on the PC 
>end
>to multiplex the handshaking lines onto the standard IrDA stream (which, at
>the lowest level is a single full duplex connection)?
>
>
>I'm enjoying this, and learning a lot, but I think we have established the
>premise that IrDa conversion is not "trivial"
>

I thought we'd established the opposite: IRDA -> full duplex serial is a 
one-chip solution plus IR transmit/receive and power. It's certainly simpler 
than a modem, which does the same job down a pair of wires.

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