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I need some information from someone at netmedia or anyone else who has some experience with the networking functions of the bx-01 I am in the process of developing a new product based on the bx-01 which will need to send data out over an rs-485 serial port to a PLC or some other non-bx system. My question concerns the bx-01 networking functions. Can the network function calls be used to communicate with non-bx systems or are there some specific formats that the bx sends or expects to receive when calling network functions? I know that I can probably just hang a rs-485 transceiver on the com port and use standard serial I/O calls to communicate, but it would be nice to be able to use the built in networking functions. I am only in the planning stages of the design, so I haven't tried any networking experiments to determine how it would work. Also, is the network baud rate set with an OpenCom call? I couldn't find a specific reference in the documentation about setting the I/O parameters for the network, but I assume that the standard input and output queues must be setup and the com1 port opened as with any serial I/O. Any information information will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Vic

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I know the bx-01. it uses a format that you can see. tap into the com2 port with the network enabled. run it though the 9 pin conector to conect it to a telnet window. then you can see what the commands for the network acualy send. --- vic_gates <> wrote: > I need some information from someone at netmedia or anyone else who > has some experience with the networking functions of the bx-01 > > I am in the process of developing a new product based on the bx-01 > which will need to send data out over an rs-485 serial port to a PLC > or some other non-bx system. My question concerns the bx-01 > networking functions. Can the network function calls be used to > communicate with non-bx systems or are there some specific formats > that the bx sends or expects to receive when calling network > functions? I know that I can probably just hang a rs-485 transceiver > on the com port and use standard serial I/O calls to communicate, but > it would be nice to be able to use the built in networking functions. > I am only in the planning stages of the design, so I haven't tried > any networking experiments to determine how it would work. > > Also, is the network baud rate set with an OpenCom call? I couldn't > find a specific reference in the documentation about setting the I/O > parameters for the network, but I assume that the standard input and > output queues must be setup and the com1 port opened as with any > serial I/O. > > Any information information will be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Vic > > > __________________________________________________

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