Re: TI-H: Re: IR Link Status (was: expensive remote control)

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Subject: Re: TI-H: Re: IR Link Status (was: expensive remote control)
From: "Robert Cicconetti" <zarquon@mdo.net>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 15:34:44 -0500
Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org


>>.>An IR signal sent in the TI protocol can be recieved by multiple
>>>>calcs, not only 2.
>>>But not sent to specific calculators, and only if responses are ignored.
>
>You said "but not sent to specific calculators" and "only if responses are
>ignored".
>
>The correct anwser is no.  No matter what you do, no more than 2
>calculators can use the TI protocall at a time


The signal can not be sent to specific calculators (No addressing).  It can
send at a slow rate if the handshaking is ignored.  The correct answer is,
sort-of.

>>    Which is basically why I'm saying fix the link, not I2C routines.  He
>>did fiddle with the PIC programming to make it work one way, according to
>>his website, and I believe the speed is slow enough the handshaking won't
be
>>necessary (playing devil's advocate here).
>>
>>Robert Cicconetti
>
>

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