RE: xAP-Update or config and a tad on discovery - long

[Ian B]

>>>Does the RB3_1Controller only send a h/b once it receives a
Respond
>>>command or is it pumping them out using some default parameters
as
>>>soon as it 'boots'?
>
>>It sends heartbeats in the normal way - on startup and at 5 minute
>>intervals by default. The interval is user configurable. The
respond
>>command is a way of forcing a heartbeat on demand.
>
>I take it that the device will start pumping out h/b's with some
>default values.

Yep. The default time is 5 minutes and the default UID us the board serial
number.

>Does the default h/b propagate onto the Ethernet xAP network at this
>stage?

Currently it is serial but if there is a PC that can act as a bridge then
it
can/will.

>Is the RBControl device the thing that sits on the end of the
>RS232 link?

I think RBControl is the schema I use but I would have to check the docs
later to be sure.

>I've not thought about h/w in any real way before so I'm interested in
>the background now you've got something going.

Ask some specific questions and I'll do my best to answer them. Otherwise
it
is simply a 32k Atmel chip on a serial link to the PC. It has 8 open
collector outputs and 16 static protected inputs to start with. The program
in the micro takes about 12k at the moment.

Ian