RE: Re: Displays round the house - architecture...

["Des Gibbons" <des@xxxxxxx>]

> > Some random thoughts:
> > An alternative approach is to let each *display* take the
decision
> > about what to display locally - transmit message text(s) and
triggers
> > to all devices. (Note that it is the trigger event, not the
trigger
> > criteria that is transmitted to a display). I can see a number
of
> > advantages in this approach:
>
> This is exactly the kind or architecture i want. I want smart IP
aware
> Ethernet connected devices on a peer-to-peer network.
>


There is one big problem there, cost. By making each node smarter you are
at
least doubling the cost of the electronicss, for me a simple node on
rs485
is the way to go.

Cheers, Des.

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