[Elecraft] Auxbus driver
Francis Belliveau
[email protected]
Wed Sep 10 19:31:01 2003
On: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 10:57 PM
"Jack Brindle" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> ...
> The AuxBus is a bidirectional bus, meaning that data flows both
> directions on a single link. It is a one-wire bus, without a direction
> signal. The direction of the data is determined by the protocol, and
> the bus participants must be fully cognizant of, and participate in all
> data transfers, whether they are the target or not.
>
> This means that it is not at all easy to design circuitry to extend the
> bus. To make things worse, delays in the data appearing on the bus can
> cause problems in the operation of all devices in the system.
>
Okay so what this means is that a local "Smart Repeater" or "Transfer Agent"
box needs to be created in order to make a remote version of the KAT200
work. I guess that would take some inside knowledge of the KAT200 firmware
to properly spoof good responses and mirror the state locally.
I have the talent but not the inside knowledge. I guess this will need to
wait for Elecraft to implement.
Fran