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. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
