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Chapter 9 - IrDA Communication Tool / About the IrDA Communication Tool

Terminology

Here is a quick list of the IrDA protocol levels mentioned in this chapter. If you need more definitions and protocol details, you can get them from the IrDA world-wide web site (http://www.irda.org).

SIR

(Serial IR), hardware protocol for 9600 to 115.2 Kbps data transmission.

FIR

(Fast serial IR), hardware protocol for 115.2 Kbps to 4 Mbps data transmission.

IrLAP

(Link Access Protocol). Built on top of SIR and/or FIR.

IrLMP

(Link Management Protocol)--Multiplexor, Name Server, Endpoints. Built on IrLMP.

TinyTP

(Transport), built on IrLMP.

IrComm

3-wire/9-wire serial/parallel-like interface. Built on TinyTP.

The only pieces that are supported in this implementation of the Newton IrDA tool are: SIR, IrLAP and IrLMP. This is the minimum required set to be IrDA compliant.