Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 16:35:26 +0800
From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please?

At 11:25 PM 21/02/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>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.

Like I said, if you only need Tx and Rx lines, its even simpler ... just the 
tranciever plus 2 caps and a resistor (and power). The lack of triviality comes when 
you need the other lines (and the complexity there comes from both the hardware and 
the driver required).


- Raymond

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