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Hello, THE list,
Well, here's a challenge...
An acquaintance has been asked to network 1024 custom analog data acquisition units (not yet designed) to a dedicated (hot) PC, using gigabit ATM on a single fiber optic cable segment. The PC op system will be the "best fit" of WinNT, Unix (all 23 Baskin Robins flavors) or Linux, so pleeeeez, no system rants.
The anticipated raw data rate (disregarding headers, start/stop, date/time stamps, ...) is 8 to 16 MB per second, in one second bursts every two or three seconds.
My acquaintance will provide software and the PC only. He hopes to find as many, and as high level, ATM support software components (C and C++) as he can to embed in the custom data acquisition units and for the PC. That's silly - of course he will find what he finds, even if that's zero... but you know what I mean ;-)
He will "dialog" with, but not direct, the hardware designers.
FWIW, beyond knowing that ATM is used "on the backside" of network switches, he (and obviously, I) don't know squat about this. This sure ain't TCP/IP, Dorothy... but anything is possible with enough time and money... I have been told.
Know any appropriate websites or component vendors? Have any (printable) suggestions? I told him that *someone* on this list would!
Like I said, a challenge...
TIA
"Lurker John" G. Boland, president
Strateg!c Method$ Corporation
One Parker Square Suite 408
2525 Kell Boulevard
Wichita Falls, Texas 76308
940.322.9922
940.723.1478 fax
Well, here's a challenge...
An acquaintance has been asked to network 1024 custom analog data acquisition units (not yet designed) to a dedicated (hot) PC, using gigabit ATM on a single fiber optic cable segment. The PC op system will be the "best fit" of WinNT, Unix (all 23 Baskin Robins flavors) or Linux, so pleeeeez, no system rants.
The anticipated raw data rate (disregarding headers, start/stop, date/time stamps, ...) is 8 to 16 MB per second, in one second bursts every two or three seconds.
My acquaintance will provide software and the PC only. He hopes to find as many, and as high level, ATM support software components (C and C++) as he can to embed in the custom data acquisition units and for the PC. That's silly - of course he will find what he finds, even if that's zero... but you know what I mean ;-)
He will "dialog" with, but not direct, the hardware designers.
FWIW, beyond knowing that ATM is used "on the backside" of network switches, he (and obviously, I) don't know squat about this. This sure ain't TCP/IP, Dorothy... but anything is possible with enough time and money... I have been told.
Know any appropriate websites or component vendors? Have any (printable) suggestions? I told him that *someone* on this list would!
Like I said, a challenge...
TIA
"Lurker John" G. Boland, president
Strateg!c Method$ Corporation
One Parker Square Suite 408
2525 Kell Boulevard
Wichita Falls, Texas 76308
940.322.9922
940.723.1478 fax