Author: Steven Edwards
Date: 08:07:31 09/27/03
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On September 27, 2003 at 10:45:34, margolies,marc wrote: >walk into a tournament hall. there is a table with 8 players and 4 clocks. >You want them to have bluetooth. so who is using which clock and which machine >is getting which bluetooth signal. Take a look at the Bluetooth standard. Every Bluetooth transceiver has a unique media access code address, just like every Ethernet transceiver, so a shared communucation medium is suported. Bluetooth PANs (Personal Area networks) work just like Ethernet LANs in this sense. A Bluetooth PAN is initialized via the "pairing" process where and when a device is first connected. A pairing is remebered by the devices indefinitely and the PAN persists even as the devices come and go. Bluetooth communications can be encrypted and this is supported by automatic and secure key exchange. >Or do you wnat the manufacturer to individually encode each mass market clock >and how many codes are available? All that is needed is the standard pairing capability. >Do you believe this paradigm is less complicated than using the excellent >Chronos clock which you dismmiss for its complexity? Since the user accessible aspects of this "paradigm" are embodied in software, it can be customized to be as simple or as complex as the user desires. As for the Chronos, I'd also dismiss it for its cost and appearence. > Also will the radio >transmission of time and moves help or hinder cheating at over-the-board >tournaments? The standard encryption facility removes any likely risk of misbehavior. >Whats wrong with a wired system? Higher cost, more failure points, and greater physical complexity. Also, differing wiring protocols (serial, null modem serial, USB master/slave, etc). >What I am reall getting at is a challenge to your criteria and an evaluation of >clocks you haven't used. I salute your ambitions. Thank you.
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