Scott Dattalo wrote:
>
> On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
>
> > Garst R. Reese wrote :
> > > I'm constructing a device using a PIC16C773 micro which will transmit
> > > SIR data to a PC and eventually a PDA of some sort, probably Palm XX.
> > > The PC will be the client, the device server.
> > > I have gleaned for the IR-HOWTO that different devices seem to use
> > > different protocols, but somehow manage to identify themselves. Are
> > > there any standards or recommended protocols? The micro has a uart of
> > > sorts and I have built the circuits to do the RS232<-->IR.
> > > Garst
> >
> > If you want to keep the complexity down on the microcontroller
> > side, use Ultra (the spec is available inside the IrWW package). We
> > are currently using bare Ultra, and we plan to go Obex over Ultra.
> > Advantages :
> > o much, much, much simpler to implement
> > o More robust than full IrDA
> > o faster than full IrDA
> >
> > Ciao...
> >
> > Jean
>
> Since you're targetting the PIC, you may wish to check out Scenix's
> implementation of the IrDA stack:
>
> http://www.scenix.com/virtual/download/irda.html
>
> They support through the IrLMP layer (supposedly).
The Scenix documentation is the clearest, most useful IrDA documentation
I have found. It saves wading through tons of specs and outdated HOWTO's
and gives coding examples which are well documented and schematics.
Thanks to Scott and Scenix.
Garst
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