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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nielsen Linus
> Because it is a safe way of establishing the data direction,
> to avoid having both devices driving the serial line at once?
>

Hmmm, yes. Otherwise we would need collision detection/arbitration etc -
nasty.... Maybe the remote could periodically send some sort of "I'm here"
packet (which would be needed anyway I guess), after which there could be a
specified "window of opportunity" for the archos to tx any updates. Would
that work?

Stu.

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