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EB500 question for Parallax

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2004-02-05 16:05 in General Discussion
Hi! I read over the available information about the EB500
Transceiver. It seems as if it might do what I want.

The documentatiion mentions an EB600 PC adapter, which I have not
found on the Parallax site. Do you have this item? If not, can you
tell me where to get it and its price? Or is there another work around?

I want to connect my PC to another device that uses RS232. Will the
EB600 facilitate this, or will the EB500 connect directly to the
remote device? Eventually I want to communicate with a Jevelin
instead of the above mentioned device, although the Jevelin will talk
to said device directly.

Russ

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-02-02 21:17
    Russ,

    I'm checking on the EB600 for you. I plan to have a response by
    Wednesday.

    Erik Wood
    ewood@p...
    Parallax, Inc.
    Marketing
    (916) 624-8333 x106
    www.parallax.com


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    Hi! I read over the available information about the EB500 Transceiver.
    It seems as if it might do what I want.

    The documentatiion mentions an EB600 PC adapter, which I have not found
    on the Parallax site. Do you have this item? If not, can you tell me
    where to get it and its price? Or is there another work around?

    I want to connect my PC to another device that uses RS232. Will the
    EB600 facilitate this, or will the EB500 connect directly to the remote
    device? Eventually I want to communicate with a Jevelin instead of the
    above mentioned device, although the Jevelin will talk to said device
    directly.

    Russ



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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-02-05 16:05
    Hello Russ,

    Thanks for your patience - I have been in contact with A7 so we could
    collaborate on a response.

    Just to clarify a bit, the current EmbeddedBlue Transceiver AppMod
    (eb500 / #30068) module is designed to connect with a device supporting
    5V CMOS or TTL line levels such as the BASIC Stamp. The eb600 is an
    RS232 interface board that allows the eb500 to be connected to an RS232
    DTE device such as a Windows PC. In addition to providing RS232
    interface support, the eb600 also will come with software for performing
    eb500 firmware upgrades.

    If your RS232 device only requires the transmit, receive, RTS, and CTS
    signals you should be able to use the eb500\eb600 combination for
    communicating with it. The only caveat is that this will be a passive
    device requiring a connection be made to it from your PC or Stamp. The
    reason for this is that if your RS232 device is not a micro, there is no
    logic there to tell it to make an outgoing connection.

    A7 Engineering will also be releasing two new EmbeddedBlue models in
    late Spring or early Summer that will support RS232 directly. The eb501
    is a connect to DTE (like the PC) and the eb502 is a connect to DCE
    (like the Board of Education). When these devices are available they
    would provide an alternate solution for your RS232 device and will
    communicate with either a PC Bluetooth stack or the eb500 connected to a
    Stamp.

    The eb600 has not yet been released, but it should be available from
    Parallax in March. The retail price is $99 and it comes with everything
    that you need to get started including a 6 foot serial cable, a small
    high quality 5V wall transformer, a manual for the PC upgrade utility,
    and a CD with all software and documentation. Parallax will make an
    announcement to the group when the eb600 is available.

    We hope that this information is helpful.

    Erik Wood (with Bryan Hall of A7)
    ewood@p...
    Parallax, Inc.
    Marketing
    (916) 624-8333 x106
    www.parallax.com


    Original Message
    From: Erik Wood
    Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 1:17 PM
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    Subject: RE: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] EB500 question for Parallax


    Russ,

    I'm checking on the EB600 for you. I plan to have a response by
    Wednesday.

    Erik Wood
    ewood@p...
    Parallax, Inc.
    Marketing
    (916) 624-8333 x106
    www.parallax.com


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    Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 7:08 AM
    To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] EB500 question for Parallax


    Hi! I read over the available information about the EB500 Transceiver.
    It seems as if it might do what I want.

    The documentatiion mentions an EB600 PC adapter, which I have not found
    on the Parallax site. Do you have this item? If not, can you tell me
    where to get it and its price? Or is there another work around?

    I want to connect my PC to another device that uses RS232. Will the
    EB600 facilitate this, or will the EB500 connect directly to the remote
    device? Eventually I want to communicate with a Jevelin instead of the
    above mentioned device, although the Jevelin will talk to said device
    directly.

    Russ



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