worsley@manta.mel.dit.CSIRO.AU (Andrew Worsley) (03/18/91)
I am interested in information about the latest version of the EIA TR-29 spec. I have a copy of the September '89 spec and a Fax Modem based on the XR 2900 chipset. I am looking to write a driver for it more or less from scratch and would like any help poeple can provide in following matters. Yes I have looked at faxpak recently posted to comp.unix.sources and it appears to be such a different modem that it is of little use. 1. Does anyone have (or know how to get) a more recent version of the specification. The EIA people say they have withdrawn it and will prehaps release a public version late this year or early next! 2. Has anyone written any C code for this spec (or closely related) one which they are happy to give out? Or prehaps just strongly thinking of doing something like this. 3. Has anyone had experience of the XR 2900 chip set and its modems? Note mine is a clone of their of XR's local development kit by Maestro Inc. (available only in OZ in case its not obvious). 4. Is anyone on the TR-29 committee that can comment on the progress of the standards (if they can't release it at the moment). If there is any reponse to this as mail I will summarise to the net. Thanks Andrew Worsley -- Division of Information Technology (Melbourne), Phone +61 3 347 8644 C.S.I.R.O. Fax +61 3 347 8987 55 Barry St. Telex AA 152914 Carlton, Vic, 3053, Australia Email:worsley@mel.dit.csiro.au
tnixon@hayes.uucp (03/19/91)
In article <1991Mar18.055613.28467@mel.dit.csiro.au>, worsley@manta.mel.dit.CSIRO.AU (Andrew Worsley) writes: > 1. Does anyone have (or know how to get) a more recent version of the > specification. The EIA people say they have withdrawn it and will prehaps > release a public version late this year or early next! > 4. Is anyone on the TR-29 committee that can comment on the > progress of the standards (if they can't release it at the moment). I represent Hayes on TR-29 and its subcommittees. The Class 1 standard is available as EIA/TIA-578, and is available from EIA Standards Sales (202-457-4966). The Class 2 draft (SP-2388) was voted down last October, and has since been under revision. It is supposed to be going out for an internal committee ballot again real soon (this month); if that ballot is successful, then the draft will once again go out for industry ballot (as SP-2388-A). The soonest that will happen is June. The ballot period will be about three months, and publication takes about another two months after that. So, "late this year" is a good estimate -- assuming all goes smoothly. If you want to try to get a copy before then, you can contact the chairman of TR-29.2 and get on his list of interested people; he may be willing to send you a copy for review. He is Joe Decuir of Everex Systems, Inc., 2560 Ninth Street, Suite 220, Berkeley CA 94710, voice 415-486-2611, fax 415-845-5441, email 75410.3114@compuserve.com OR jdecuir@attmail.com. -- Toby Nixon, Principal Engineer | Voice +1-404-840-9200 Telex 151243420 Hayes Microcomputer Products Inc. | Fax +1-404-447-0178 CIS 70271,404 P.O. Box 105203 | UUCP uunet!hayes!tnixon AT&T !tnixon Atlanta, Georgia 30348 USA | Internet hayes!tnixon@uunet.uu.net