How fast is the IR port that's built into my laptop, for instance?

The setup info I've seen makes it look like a COM port and that would
suggest a speed below 200kb/sec.

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Previously Al Dykes <adykes (AT) panix (DOT) com> wrote:
Correct. AFAIK 196 kBit/sec is the maximum speed. On the
computer-side it is just a com-port and many boards have
dual-use com ports that can be used for IR and as regular
com ports (different voltage levels on both).

I think IR also has a syncronous layout, but that just means
that the pause between two frames (words) has a fixed
length, while in the commonly used asyncronous from it
is of arbitrary length. The delay between data transfer
units (Packets with header, body and trailer) is still
arbitrary.

Arno

On 14 Mar 2005 15:21:43 -0500, adykes (AT) panix (DOT) com (Al Dykes) wrote:

Yes, it can be used in that manner. There is also another standard
that goes to 4mbps if my memory serves.