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    iSeries Meter and Controllers – Direct Connection to Ethernet
    (Each device has own IP Address)


    EMBEDDED INTERNET

    The
    OMEGA® iSeries devices connect directly to an Ethernet network with a standard RJ-45 connector and can send and receive data in standard TCP/IP packets. (Please specify EI or C4EI option.)

    The iSeries devices can serve Web pages over an Ethernet LAN or even over the Internet making it possible to monitor and control a process through a web browser (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer) from anywhere in the facility or anywhere in the world.








    Remote Control
    For example, using an
    iSeries 1/16 DIN temperature controller to control a heater, an engineer can monitor the temperature, change set points or alarm points, turn the heater on and off, or make other modifications from anywhere on the local network, or anywhere on the Internet. The web pages are easily customized and secure password protected access to the devices is easily controlled. And it requires absolutely no special software on the engineers computer to view the data and “supervise” the controller–nothing other than a Web Browser. Most remarkable is that all this can be accomplished without a computer.







    Email and Alarm
    In fact, the iSeries controller can even send an email to the engineer (or anyone he chooses) alerting him to an alarm condition or updating the status. Leveraging the technology of the Internet, the engineer could receive a message from his iSeries controller on an Internet enabled pager or cell phone. The OMEGA® iSeries device (meter or controller) connects directly to the Ethernet Network-not to the serial port of a computer functioning as a “server” and “master” to “slave” instruments connected through serial communications. The iSeries devices are also available with RS-232/422/485 and MODBUS serial communications. (Specify the C24 option.) In fact, the iSeries are the first instruments of this type which include all these serial protocols on one device, selectable from a menu.

    Internet Appliances

    With the EI option, these small 1/8 DIN and 1/16 DIN instruments are stand-alone Web Servers. The Ethernet and Web Server capability is actually embedded in the device. (The smallest 1/32 DIN size device must be connected to an external iServer.) The OMEGA®
    iSeries device is assigned an IP address on the network and can also be assigned an easily remembered name such as “Heater1″. In fact, the device could be assigned an authorized Internet IP address from an Internet Service Provider and function as a World Wide Web Server delivering whatever specific information is called for.

    The iSeries
    devices work well with conventional industrial automation, data acquisition and control programs as well as Microsoft Visual Basic and Excel. OMEGA® provides free software and demos which makes it fast and easy to get up and running with many applications.


    Using iServer as HUB/Server for up to 32 Devices



    Using iServer controller with C4EI option as HUB for up to 3 Devices


    Conventional Serial Communication connections using PC with RS-485 Serial Communication






    Operate the iServer with a Web Browser using the iServer web page
    This home page is designed for our company product using iSeries serial communication protocol. It can be utilized for other products using the standard RS232/485/422 communication interface.

    Features:
    Read Devices: Read variables from up to foyr different devices
    Device Setpoints: Read and write the setpoint values to the device.






























    Features
    A Web Server and an Ethernet bridge combined
    Serves up to 32 devices
    High Quality
    Extended 5-Year Warranty
    Powerful Features

    The “iServer” is a DIN rail device which can be a hub connecting up to 32 instruments to the Ethernet and Internet. The “iServer” is both a Web Server and an Ethernet-Serial bridge. To connect to the iServer, iSeries devices must feature the “C24” Serial Communications option. The OMEGA iServer is also compatible with the OMEGA DPi Series family of ultra high performance digital panel meters and the OMEGA DRX family of Signal Conditioners featured elsewhere in this handbook.

    The iServer is an alternate way to connect iSeries devices to an Ethernet LAN or Internet. Instead of Connecting each iSeries device directly to the Ethernet network, with individual IP Addresses for each device, the iServer can be a HUB/Server for up to 32 devices

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    INTRODUCTION:


    Data collection, serial communication and wireless signal transmission are a common applications in industrial, medical and scientific area. Sensors data or even the machine control command are used serial communication protocol to transmit to other machines. The user has to carry around an RS232 cable as the communication media.


     


    UART-Link is a low cost, user friendly,  plug and play, wireless network module which is ideal for these applications. It combines 2.4GHz RF (Radio Frequency) chip and MCU with the communication stack with the PCB antenna which provide small size module for different applications.


     


    UART-Link is a RF module based on UART (serial) Protocol. It consists of one ZigBee RFIC and one MCU containing communication stack which allow two ways serial communication.


     


    It provides two ways point-to-point, one-to-many network topologies and 16 Direct Sequence software selectable frequency channels.



    Up to 57600bps Baud Rate, the UART-Link provides faster serial communication.


    FEATURES:














    UART-LINK is interference-free from other wireless devices in the 2.4GHz ISM band such as W-LAN and Bluetooth.


    One-to-Many wireless communication between different UART-Link modules providing broadcasting communication.

    UART-Link uses Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum and provides 16 frequency channels for user to set the transmission frequency and receive frequency.
    The communication distance the UART-Link modules are from 10m to 25m.

     


    UART-Link Network

    SPECIFICATION:



















































    Performance


    Indoor/Urban Range

    10m


    Outdoor RF line-of-sight Range


    25m


    Transmit Power Output


    0dBm (typical)


    Data Rate


    10kbps


    Receiver Sensitivity


    -91dBm (typical, 1.0% PER)


    Transmission type


    2 ways, Half Duplex


    Power Requirement


    Operating Voltage


    3.5V – 12V


    Transmit Current (typical)


    49.5mA (@5V)


    Idle / Receive Current (typical)


    48.5mA (@5V)


    General


    Frequency


    ISM 2.4 GHz


    Dimensions


    ( 26.5cm x 31.5cm)


    Operating Temperature Range


    -20°C – +80°C


    Networking and Security


    Supported Network Topologies


    Point-to-Point, Peer-to-Peer Point-to-Multipoint


    Number of Channels


    16 Direct Sequence Channels (software selectable)


    UART requirement


    Baud Rate


    57600bps


    Data Format


    8 Bit, No Parity, 1 Stop Bit

     

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    Serial Communications”  is a comprehensive advanced level book which details various methods for implementing serial communications between a Microchip PIC (R) microcontroller and an external device. Asynchronous serial communications is covered both by using an on-chip USART and by bit-bang methods. The RS-232 standard is explained. A discussion of synchronous serial communications includes the I2C (Philips Semiconductors), SPI (Motorola) and Microwire (National Semiconductor) protocols. The Dallas Semiconductor 1-Wire bus is described. Many code examples are included as modules which will provide the basis for the readers own PIC microcontroller applications. By Roger Stevens (8-1/2 x 11 format, 566 pages, $49.95).





    TABLE OF CONTENTS



    1 PICmicro Serial Communications and This Book


    1.1 Introduction to Serial Communications
    1.2 About This Book


    2 Asynchronous Serial Communications


    2.1 Asynchronous Serial Overview
    2.2 Asynchronous Serial Protocol
    2.3 The Communications Channel and Flow Control


    3 The RS-232 Standard


    3.1 RS-232 Overview

    3.2 Mechanical Interface
    3.3 Functional Interface
    3.4 Non-Standard RS-232 Applications
    3.5 Electrical Interface
    3.6 PIC to RS-232 Interface


    4 The ASCII Character Code


    4.1 Graphic Characters
    4.2 Control Character Functions


    5 Bit-Bang Asynchronous Communications



    5.1 Bit-Bang Half-Duplex


    5.1.1  Half-Duplex Receive and Transmit Services



    Bit-Bang Application


    12 Bit PICmicro Applications


    Bit-Bang 16C54 Application

    5.1.2 Receive Timeouts

    5.1.3 Interrupt Driven Receive


    Bit-Bang Interupt Driven Application

    5.1.4 Automatic Bit Rate Detection


    Automatic Bit-Rate Application

    5.1.5 Using the Section 5.1 Routines in Your Applications

    5.2 Bit-Bang Full Duplex
    5.2.1 Full-Duplex Receive and Transmit Tasks


    Bit-Bang Full-Duplex Application

    5.2.2 Full-Duplex Receive and Transmit Tasks with In-Band Flow Control


    In-Band Flow Control Application

    5.2.3 Using the Section 5.2 Routines in Your Applications

    5.3 Interrupt Driven Bit-Bang Full Duplex
    5.3.1 Bit-Bang Full-Duplex Application

    5.3.2 Using the Section 5.3 Routines in Your Applications



    6 On-Chip UART


    6.1 Using The On-Chip USART
    6.2 UART Full-Duplex Receive and Transmit Services

    6.2.1 UART Transmit
    6.2.2 UART Receive

    6.2.3 A simple Full-Duplex Application

    6.2.4 Using the Section 6.2 Routines in Your Applications

    6.3 UART Applications
    6.3.1 Half-Duplex Block Data Transfer
          Block Transfer Application

    6.3.2 Packet Data Transfer
          Packet Data Transfer Application

    6.3.3 Using the Section 6.3 Routines in Your Applications


    7 Synchronous Serial Communications


    7.1 Synchronous Serial Overview
    7.2 Embedded Systems and Synchronous Serial Communications
    7.3 Synchronous Serial Protocol
    7.4 Synchronous Serial Peripheral Devices
    7.5 Three Synchronous Serial Communications Standards
        I2C Bus

        SPI Bus

        Microwire Interface


    8 The I2C Serial Bus


    8.1 I2C Bus Specifications
    8.2 The PIC Microcontroller as a Bit-Bang I2C Master

    8.2.1 I2C Bit-Bang Master Bus Services
    8.2.2 I2C Bit-Bang Master Bus Services Using FET Drivers

    8.2.3 Bit-Banging the I2C Bus with the 12 Bit PICmicro Family

    8.2.4 Using the Section 8.2 Routines in Your Applications

    8.3 The PICmicro as a Bit-Bang I2C Slave
    8.3.1 I2C Bit-Bang Slave Bus Services

    8.3.2 Using the Section 8.3 Routines in Your Applications

    8.4 Communicating With an I2C Serial EEPROM
    8.4.1 Bit-Banging the 24C32 EEPROM
    8.4.2 Bit-Banging the 24C32 EEPROM with the 12 Bit PICmicro
        Family
    8.4.3 I2C Bit-Bang EEPROM Application
    8.4.4 Using the Section 8.4 Routines in Your Applications

    8.5 The I2C Bus and Serial Analog to Digital Converters

    8.5.1 Using an SPI/Microwire A/D on the I2C Bit-Bang Bus

    8.5.2 I2C Bit-Bang A/D Application

    8.5.3 I2C Bit-Bang A/D and EEPROM Application

    8.5.4 Using the Section 8.5 Routines in Your Application

    8.6 I2C Bit-Bang Slave Applications

    8.6.1 I2C Bit-Bang Slave Application
          I2C Master Application

    8.6.2 I2C Bit-Bang Slave Application with ACK Polling
          I2C Bit-Bang Master Application

    8.7 MSSP Hardware I2C

    8.7.1 Using the On-Chip MSSP Based I2C Hardwre

    8.7.2 The MSSP as an I2C Master

    8.7.3 Communicating with the 24C32 EEPROM

    8.7.4 An MSSP I2C Master Application: SILVER1.ASM

    8.7.5 Using the MSSP Master I2C Routines in Your Applications

    8.7.6 The MSSP Master as an I2C Slave

    8.7.7 An MSSP Master I2C Slave Application: GREY1.ASM

    8.7.8 Using the MSSP Slave I2C Routines in Your Applications


    9 The SPI Serial Bus


    9.1 SPI Bus Specifications

    9.2 The PICmicro as a Bit-Bang SPI Master and Slave


    9.2.1 SPI Bit-Bang Master Bus Services


    9.2.2 SPI Bit-Bang Slave Bus Services


    9.2.3 Using the Section 9.2 Routines in Your Applications

    9.3 SPI Analog to Digital Converter
    9.4 SPI Display Driver


    9.4.1 SPI Bit-Bang A/D and Display Application

    9.5 Communicating with SPI Serial EEPROMS


    9.5.1 SPI EEPROM Bit-Bang Communications Services


    9.5.2 Using the Section 9.5 Routines in Your Applications

    9.6 Putting It All Together: A Data Logger Application Using the Bit-Bang SPI Master and Slave        services, the A/D services and the EEPROM Services


    9.6.1 Bit-Bang SPI Data Logger Master Application


    9.6.2 Bit-Bang SPI Slave LCD Display

    9.7 Using a Microwire EEPROM on the SPI Bit-Bang Bus

    9.8 An SPI Bit-Bang Slave Port Expander Application


    9.8.1 SPI Bit-Bang Slave Port Expander


    9.8.2 Using the Port Expander in Your Applications

    9.9 On-Chip SPI Hardware


    9.9.1 Using the On-Chip SSP Based SPI Hardware


    9.9.2 SSP Hardware SPI Serial EEPROM Communications


    9.9.3 SSP Hardware SPI A/D and Display Application


    9.9.4 SSP Hardware SPI Slave Application


    9.9.5 Using the Section 9.8 Routines in Your Applications


          SSP and BSSP

    9.10 Daisy Chaining SPI devices


    10 The Microwire Serial Interface


    10.1 The Microwire Interface Specification (As a PICmicro Bit-Bang Master)

    10.2 Microwire Bit-Bang Master and Slave Interface Services


    10.2.1 Microwire Bit-Bang Master Interface Services


    10.2.2 Microwire Bit-Bang Slave Interface Services


    10.2.3 Using the Section 10.2 Routines in Your Applications

    10.3 Communicating with Microwire Serial EEPROMS
    10.3.1 Microwire EEPROM Bit-Bang Communications Services

    10.3.2 Using the Section 10.3 Routines in your Application

    10.4 Microwire Analog to Digital Converters


    10.4.1 Communicating with a Microwire A/D Converter


    10.4.2 A Microwire A/D, Microwire EEPROM
           and Microwire to SPI Display Application


    10.4.3 Using the Section 10.4 Routines in Your Applications

    10.5 Microwire Bit-Bang Slave Applications


    10.5.1 A Microwire Slave Parallel Port Application


    11 The Dallas 1-Wire Bus


    11.1 The Dallas 1-Wire Bus Specification


    11.1.1 Time-Slot Specifications


    11.1.2 Communications Protocol


    11.1.3 Hardware Specifications

    11.2 The PICmicro as a 1-Wire Bit-Bang Master and Slave


    11.2.1 1-Wire Bit-Bang Master Bus Services


    11.2.2 1-Wire Bit-Bang Slave Bus Services


    11.2.3 Using the Section 11.2 Routines in Your Applications

    11.3 Communicating with a 1-Wire Digital Thermometer


    11.3.1 Parasite Power

    11.3.2 A 1-Wire Bit-Bang DS1820 Thermometer Application

    11.4 A 1-Wire Bit-Bang Slave Application


    11.4.1 A 1-Wire Slave Parallel Port































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    There are many good reasons to register an internet domain, and it is easy to do! A professional touch is one benefit of having your own internet domain. You are able to do things such as send email from your domain, or link it to another personal account that you may have. Possessing an email registered to your domain name shows you are a real person, with whom a customer can get in touch in case of questions.



    Another benefit of internet domain registration is that you can upload pictures, and blog about whatever your platform involves. It is important for potential customers to know who you are, what you do, and what your prices are. All of this information can be featured on your site, as well as the contact information earlier discussed. In addition to these things, you may even be able to sell your product directly through your site using certain services, if you choose. In this case, uploading pictures can be very helpful so that customers can see your products.



    Time frames are one aspect of internet domain registration that can be very appealing. Picking and registering a domain name does not mean that your site must be ready for use immediately. You can take your time choosing a name, and once you have registered you could brainstorm or hire a graphic designer to perfect the site before it is in use. There is no pressure, and you can call your site virtually whatever youd like depending on what you are trying to get across to potential readers and customers.


    You are probably excited to get started registering your own domain. How do you register? This is simple. First, you need to find a site that registers internet domains by doing a simple web search. Then, pick a domain name that is simple to remember and a good representation of the goods and services your company offers.


    First you might want to check availability of the domain name to make sure it isnt already in use by someone else. If the name you want is already in use, you can often use a suffix other than .com, such as .net or .biz, in order to obtain the name. In fact, it is good to register under more than one suffix with the same main domain name in order to direct users to your business as much as possible. Internet domain registration is as simple as that. It is easy now to use your domain for business, an organization, or just personal use. Happy internet domain hunting!

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    Sharkoon’s Quickport is an elegant docking station for Serial-ATA drives, letting you attach them without having to open your PC. The Quickport is equipped with a USB interface, making it universally usable. But is that all?


    You can never have enough hard disk space. After all, disks just fill up far too quickly these days, inevitably forcing you to buy a new drive. The side effect of this strategy is that you’ll sound find yourself the master of a good sized collection of magnetic storage media – especially if you’re a photographer, work with lots of video or simply enjoy recording TV shows to your computer.



    The trouble is that PCs are equipped with only a limited number of connection options. Once all of the internal interfaces are in use, you have to use one of the external ones. Until now, this required a USB or Firewire adapter or even an external HDD enclosure. All of these solutions are comparatively cumbersome to use.

    Installing the HDDs in your computer’s case when switching between different disks means you’ll always need to use a screwdriver. The steps of this procedure: open the case, find the connectors, arrange the cables, attach them, install the medium, close the case. If you have to do this frequently, you’ll soon begin to favour the “convertible” version – you’ll either use your case “with the top down” (i.e. open), or rout the cables outside so you can attach the drives more quickly.



    The Serial ATA specification allows for a hard drive to be connected to a running PC thanks to a feature called Hot Plug ‘n’ Play. In practice, more often than not the end result is that your PC will crash, losing your data as it reboots itself. Obviously, this is not a viable solution.



    This is where Sharkoon comes in with its Quickport. This docking station is designed to rest stably and firmly on your desk. All you have to do is insert the drive into the slot on the top of the device, saving you all of the hassle with running cables. Only the Quickport itself needs to be connected to the PC via USB cable. Just seconds after the docking station is switched on, the freshly created USB drive will show up in your system – no drivers needed.

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    On my previous post, I have introduced you to 3 best free Windows hardware drivers backup utilities that backup and restore your Windows hardware drivers quickly and easily. This utility is a life saver during the re-installation of your Windows where you can restore Windows drivers with just a few mouse clicks. But before you can backup the hardware drivers, you have to check the Windows Device Manager ( Right-click My Computer, click Properties, go to Hardware tab and click the Device Manager button ) to confirm that all your hardware drivers are working properly. There should not be any label with yellow question mark in your Windows Device Manager. 

    If there is any label with yellow question mark, in most cases labeled as Unknown Devices, you need to install the right drivers before you can backup the drivers. You can install the drivers from your vendor Driver CD or search for drivers in the manufacturer’s website. But what if you have lost the Driver CD or you have no idea who is the manufacturer of the hardware device? In Windows Vista, you probably can get the right driver for your hardware device via the Windows Update but there is no guarantee because not all device drivers are available in the Windows database
    Well, don’t worry. I am a former part-time technician at a computer shop and I have installed Windows OS more than you do. Even without Driver CD, I can find the correct drivers for almost any hardware devices. How I did it and how can you do the same too? Well, here are 3 best and free methods to find the correct drivers for unknown hardware devices in Windows XP and Vista
    Full list after the jump. 
      

    1. Driver Max

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    On the main window of Driver Max, click the “Identify Unknown Hardware” button. Driver Max will start looking for relevant drivers of the unknown hardware devices in its database and returns a list of matching drivers. You can download and install the drivers using Driver Max. Quick and easy! 
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    2. Unknown Device Identifier

    Unknown Device Identifier enables you to identify the yellow question mark labeled Unknown Devices in Device Manager and reports you with a detailed summary for the manufacturer name, OEM name, device type, device model and even the exact name of the unknown devices. With the collected information, you can contact your hardware manufacturer for support or search the Internet for the corresponding driver with just a simple click
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    3. Look in PCI Database

    If you failed to find the correct device drivers using the first two methods, then only use this a bit tedious method, learnt it from Instant Fundas. For your information, every hardware device has a Vendor and Device id associated with it. If you can find this ID, you can find the manufacturer or vendor of the corresponding device. In Windows, it’s easy to find the vendor and device id. 

    1. Open Device Manager (Right-click My Computer>Properties>Hardware>Device Manager)
    2. The hardware whose drivers are missing will appear as Unknown device, so it’s easier to locate the device.
    3. Right click on the unknown device and click on Properties.
    4. Under the Properties window click on Details tab and select Device Instance Id from the drop down box.
    5. You should see a code similar to this
      PCIVEN_8086&DEV_27DC&SUBSYS_30868086&REV_014&1E46F438&0&40F0
  • The portion of the code highlighted in RED is the Vendor ID and the portion highlighted in GREEN is the Device ID. In this example:
    Vendor ID = 8086
    Device ID = 27DC
  • Once you have obtained both the IDs, proceed to PCI Database. There you can either search for the vendor from the vendor ID or directly get information about the device along with the vendor name by searching with the device ID.
  • After you find out the information about the device and the manufacturer of the device, you can visit the manufacturer’s website and download the corresponding device drivers
    So, who said finding drivers for unknown devices in your Windows is difficult?

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    I found these on the Internet somewhere and I just had to post it! Here are 70 sexy gadgets that are not only appealing to the eye but could also be very useful. Take a look because in my opinion… Half of these might actually be real some day.  BTW to see the full info about the gadgets just click on the links above them. 
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    The Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB WD20EADS hard drive boosts the capacity game to a whole new level. This $299 drive crams 2 terabytes into a single drive–making this drive a boon to anyone with a large data archive, multimedia library, or space-hogging video collection.


    Weve used words like gargantuan and massive before to describe the capacity of a hard-disk drive, but this model blows all other examples away. Western Digital is the first drive maker to achieve 2TB in one drive. The previous top honors for capacity went to the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB drive.


    This capacious internal drive provides an areal density of 400 gigabits per square inch on four 500GB platters. The drive is also part of WDs Green Power line of hard disk drives, billed as environmentally friendly drives due to their lower power consumption.


    In our PC World Test Center benchmarks, the 2TB drive came in fifth place among all drives tested–one better than its nearest-capacity competitor, Seagates Barracuda 7200.11 1TB. Its performance was above average and bettered that of its sibling, the Caviar Green 1TB WD10EACS, which finished ninth overall in our performance tests.


    This model lagged behind our performance leaders (the Western Digital RE3 Enterprise 500GB and the WD VelociRaptor) on some results–most notably, the write-intensive disk imaging test that we perform as part of PC WorldBench 6. On other core metrics, though, the 2TB drive performed very competitively. For example, it completed our “write files and folders” test in 112 seconds and our “write large files” test in 92 seconds. On each of those tests, its results were off those of our performance leaders by a dozen seconds or less.


    The 2TB drive has several WD technologies inside that the company says enable this model to achieve its balance of price and performance. StableTrac reduces vibration by securing the motor shaft at both ends, and this in turn permits accurate head tracking during read and write operations. IntelliPower, according to WD, adjusts the balance of spin speed, transfer rate, and caching algorithms for optimal balance between performance and power consumption. IntelliSeek optimizes seek speeds to enable lower power consumption, noise, and vibration. And WDs NoTouch ramp-load technology keeps the recording head from touching the disk media.

    The storage fiend in me salivates at the thought of 2TB in a single 3.5-inch hard-disk drive. Such a high ceiling on capacity means that I no longer need to make choices about where Im storing my data; instead, I can better organize and consolidate my data across multiple subjects. But even though I like the idea of consolidating my data under a single roof, I shudder to think what the costs to recover a ginormous 2TB drive might be if anything should go amiss.


    I also admit that, at first blush, the 2TB models $299 price tag gives me pause. That is, until I realized that its $.15 per gigabyte cost is actually fairly competitive with that of other drives on the market; the only difference is that this particular drives supersize capacity skews the upfront costs accordingly.


    The slight lag in performance shouldnt be enough to deter people who have large data libraries from getting the WD Caviar Green 2TB WD20EADS. Nor should it put off casual and professional digital media enthusiasts, who will rightly crave this drive. For these audiences, the price and performance tradeoffs are a small price to pay for the honor of packing a 2TB drive inside.

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    07

    Sent is a small console utility intended for sending “net send” messages within local area networks using command line.
     

    Like WinSent, the Sent utility allows to send short text messages using computer network name, user login, nickname. Sends broadcast messages using workgroup or domain name. Sent is capable to send message at once to several recipients.

    This utility can be used:

    • as a “net send” command replacement in Windows versions, that have no such command (Vista, 98, 95)
    • when the Messenger Service is off (you are using WinSent, for example)
    • just as an improved “net send” command with additional features.

    For message transmission the Sent uses full implementation of the protocol, that is used for message exchange by software products like Microsoft WinPopup, Windows NT Messenger Service (net send command), etc. Therefore the Sent is fully compatible with it.
     
    Sent can send messages only and cant receive the messages. To receive the message sent with Sent you can use one of the following software products: WinSent, Windows NT Messenger Service (net send), Microsoft Winpopup.

    Sent works with any versions of Windows (95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista) including Windows Vista, where Messenger Service and net send command are missing. 

    WinSent Innocenti version 2.0.2.320

    Free LAN messenger. An easy-to-use program, intended for instant messaging within local area networks. Fully compatible with WinPopup and Windows NT Messenger Service (net send), that is capable of receiving messages and incapable of sending a message.
    Language: Russian, English.
    File size: 112 KB.
    Release date: Jan 26, 2009                                    

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    07


    AVG Free Edition is the well-known antivirus protection tool. AVG Free is available free of charge to home users for the life of the product. Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers. AVG Free is easy to use and will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements. Highlights include automatic update functionality, the AVG Resident Shield, which provides real-time protection as files are opened and programs are run, free Virus Database Updates for the lifetime of the product, and AVG Virus Vault for safe handling of infected files. 
    Version 8.0.176 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes. 
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    07

    serial protocol converters


    See also FIXME serial ADCs and DACs.

    RS-232 to PC keyboard (often called “wedges” — the most common versions allow you to plug a barcode reader FIXME barcode (RS-232) and a standard PC keyboard into the wedge, and then you plug the wedge into the keyboard port of a PC.)