Re: translator question

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

I've never used the Bobcat. My experience was with the ASCII strings in the
CPU-XA, Ocelot & Leopard. IIRC I was told they were added specifically to
support HAI's ProLink ASCII protocol. They had a maximum length (32 chrs?)
and were also useful with their modem.

I think the Bobcat has the same basic specs. The only added delay should be
the time it takes to send the command (rather short) over ADNET (9600 bps)
as the strings are stored in the Bobcat.

Two cycles through C-Max code is rather nebulous. It might be a few
milliseconds depending on the size of the program.

"Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>"Dave Houston" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:43d96d96.395835687@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> "Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> [snip, snip, snip]
>> >What concerns me the most about serial comms with the ADI devices
>> >are comments that I have read implying there's no command buffering and
>that
>> >if serial data comes in too quickly, it will be lost.
>>
>> I don't recall any problems. other than allowing for an X10 command to
>> complete before sending another.
>
>Here's the comment I saw that worried me:
>
>"Sending large messages may be a problem if the CAV6.6 is timing sensitive
>in receiving commands since you'll need to concatenate multiple shorter
>ASCII Bobcat messages together. Adding to the challenge is that the command
>queue for the ASCII Bobcat doesn't appear to be buffered. If you send a
>second message to the Bobcat before the first has been sent, the second
>message will replace the first.
>
>I've found that I need to wait two cycles through my C-Max code between
>sending ASCII Bobcat messages in order for each message to be reliably sent.
>You'll probably need to experiment to determine how many cycles are needed
>for your situation. Hooking the ASCII Bobcat up to a serial terminal can be
>an invaluable tool for determining the needed cycle count.
>
>Hope this helps,
>-Bill "
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