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- From: craig@kralizec.zeta.org.au (Craig Dewick)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: M68HC11 multidrop network (RS-485?) routines needed
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 11:23:01 +1100
- Organization: Kralizec Dialup Unix Sydney: +61-2-837-1183 V.42bis
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- laird@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) writes:
-
- >I'd like to set up some 6811's for "home control". I'm thinking that
- >I'll drop eight pair UTP cable around the house, but two pairs would
- >be for Ethernet, another two for telephone lines, and one more for 12
- >or 6VDC (which the 6811's could run off of). So, I'd have three pairs
- >free - hopefully this will avoid the necessity of fancy line sharing
- >protocols. (I wouldn't mind just using one pair and having two free,
- >though.)
-
- Hmmm, have you seen the Circuit Cellar Home Control System? Those who
- used to read Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar in Byte will know that he
- started his own mag called Circuit Cellar Ink.
-
- They have developed a new home control system, which is based around
- a multidrop RS485 network. You might like to check this out and see if
- anything to do with the project is applicable to what you're trying to
- do.
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