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- From: tadams@sbctri.sbc.com (Tom. Adams 529-7860)
- Subject: CSMA/CD on RS232?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep15.150015.7409@sbctri.sbc.com>
- Organization: Southwestern Bell Technology Resources, St.Louis, MO
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 15:00:15 GMT
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- I was wasting time in a meeting, and came up with an idea that seems
- interesting to me. Consequently I'm sure it's been done, or more likely
- been shown to be just incredibly stupid. :)
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- I'd like to connect multiple devices to an RS232 line, buswise. All devices
- would either be programable, (i.e. PC's) or be frontended by a (cheap)
- microprocessor. I'm wondering if CSMA/CD is a reasonable way to manage
- very low speed bus contention. If so, it would seem reasonable to transmit
- address information, data, CRC's etc over the wire. I'm not quite sure
- how to manage the Collision detect part, since I can't just look at
- voltage levels on the wire. Applications would be low volume data logging
- and control systems, ridiculously overpriced burglar alarms, etc.
-
- Perhaps it would be more reasonable to just look at some twisted pair
- protocol that already has multi drop, like sdlc.
-
- Opinions?
- --
- Tom Adams tadams@sbctri.sbc.com adams@swbatl.sbc.com 314-529-7860
- misology (mi-sohl'-ogee) Hatred of reason, argument, or enlightenment.
- -- misologist n. Not in any way connected to the word management.
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