News out today...another new product. And in case you're curious as to what "LonWorks" is: echelon.com
Wednesday June 10, 9:32 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
PCI Bus to LonWorks Gateway an Industry First
GREENLAWN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 1998--Telebyte Technology, Inc., (OTCBB-TBTI) has just entered the LonWorks(R) market for automated control with an industry first - a LonWorks gateway for the PCI bus. The Telebyte Model 3201 transceiver is a free topology design which supports the LonWorks 78 KBPS protocol developed by Echelon Corporation of Palo Alto, California.
Telebyte's Model 3201 is realized as a PCI bus half card which allows a Windows95 or Windows NT based PC to access a network operating under the LonWorks network architecture. This PC adapter occupies a single PCI bus slot and supports Plug-n-Play for automatic detection and configuration by Windows95.
The gateway is implemented using the Neuron MC143150 processor running at 10MHz. The full 64K Neuron address space is configured from dual port static RAM, visible to both the PC and the Neuron chip. A single I/O port allows the PC to start and stop the Neuron processor, and enables a virtual SERVICE button.
Neuron C programs developed with the Echelon(R) NodeBuilder or LONBuilder(R) may be conveniently loaded to the Model 3201 with the supplied Windows95 software driver. The Neuron C program and a PC application may then communicate via shared memory. The software package also includes a custom control (.OCX) driver program for simple interface to Visual Basic, Visual C/C++ and similar languages.
The Model 3201 directly supports the 78 KBPS free topology network. The Model 3201 uses an RJ11 jack as the network interface. Each unit also includes a DIP switch on the rear bracket which can provide termination for single or doubly terminated networks.
The Model 3201 sells for $288 each and is available from Telebyte or any of its worldwide network of distributors. For more information contact Telebyte Technology, Inc., 270 Pulaski Road, Greenlawn, New York 11740, 1-800-835-3298, fax: 516/385-8184, email: sales@telebyteusa.com or visit Telebyte's web site at www.telebyteusa.com.
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