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In Reply to: RE: Great posted by nonspex on December 01, 2014 at 14:31:12
Wondering if these can be strictly for hard-wired remote control (ie for a networked sound situation), or do they, might they, offer more functions, other connections ..?
what kind of answer do you seek for data connections designed in the late 60s for use with character terminals and printers ?
Streaming music using a 45 year old protocol? How many devices made today do you think support such?
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There are pro audio devices designed in the 21st century that use RS232 for control purposes. This is because the high speed data links (e.g. AES or SPDIF) do not provide for a separate control channel. With newer packet based interconnects such as USB or Ethernet is possible to provide a control channel on the same wires as data, so this connector has been phased out.
No one is streaming music over these links any more than they do so over in IR remote control. For one good reason: the data rates are too low for even CD quality audio.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
You and I both remember using 9600 and 19,200 baud character devices - simply horrible data rates for music!
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