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- From: rickc@i-link.net (Richard Cardona)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: 11-bit words, SCADA modems?
- Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 15:15:38 -0600
- Organization: TradeWave Corporation (formerly EINet)
- Message-ID: <rickc-2803961515380001@cobalt.einet.net>
- References: <4j9ctr$cb9@acme.sb.west.net>
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- In article <4j9ctr$cb9@acme.sb.west.net>, jay@west.net (Jay Hennigan) wrote:
-
- > We have an industrial control SCADA system made by Square-D using a program
- > called "Symax". The various remote sites communicate over phone lines at
- > 2400BPS. The protocol is an 11-bit word (Not sure, but it appears to be
- > start + 8 data + parity + 1 stop.) The dealer is trying to sell us
- > Motorols 2440 modems at over $400 each, and claims that generic 2400BPS
- > modems won't work due to the word size.
- >
- > Are they telling the truth, or just trying to sell us 2400 bps modems at
- > a rather hefty price?
-
- Depends on what they use the parity bit for. Opto22 also has a 11-bit
- binary protocol that they use to talk to their controllers. There is no
- way to route this over a modem, since the "parity" bit is actually part of
- their protocol. They stuff some custom value in there that is not the
- parity. In any case, I would go for a higher speed, if they offer it,
- 2400 is ancient history
-
- Rick
-