[Coco] CoCo Wireless RS-232 Pak

[Roger Taylor]

At 09:29 AM 2/25/2009, you wrote:
>On Wednesday 25 February 2009, jdaggett at gate.net wrote:
> >Gene
> >
> >A class 1 USB dongle is good for in excess of 100 meters. Other classes
> >are less. There are cases where a class 1 bluetooth device has been used
> >up to 600 feet.
> >
> >james
>
>I wonder how many channels it could handle?  I have a serial mouse on a
>piggy-backed rs-232 Deluxe & if I remove that, I'll lose my mouse.  So I had
>a bluetooth mouse in mind to replace it.  Which means the BT receiver will be
>getting data from more than one transmitter...  What about collisions?
>Roger?
>
>I'd assume there are src id's in the packets the BT device sends/receives.
>Roger?


Your PC's bluetooth stack/driver should handle multiple connections 
just fine, even from multiple CoCos.

You can rename your CoCo's broadcasted name, but each pak should have 
it's own address on top of that so there's no mix-ups.

Each pak is customizable.  When the pak is in command mode (the PC 
hasn't connected to it yet) (like a modem accepting AT commands), you 
can set parameters that stay there until you change them again.

Two DECB, OS-9, or NitrOS-9 CoCo's should be able to talk to each 
other using the pak's EasyConnect mode which is initiated by both 
CoCos using a certain command sequence.  A cable-replacement mode is 
started and the rest is just an invisible null-modem serial cable as 
far as the CoCo is concerned.

-- 
Roger Taylor

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