On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Norm Cramer wrote:

> I am also trying to do the same thing.  My goal is power and data thru a
> two wire interface.  I have a scheme that I think will work but the data
> rate is limited (OK for my application).  I would be interested in learning
> more about M-Bus.  Where can I get more info?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Norm
>
> At 07:03 PM 3/25/97 +0000, you wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >        I'm trying to do a network where i have a master and a lot of
> >slaves, the slaves must monitor their inputs for impulses and when the
> >master asks, they must send information about the impulses. I've been
> >looking for some network schem but until now i've not decided, what i
> >really want (and i think i found it) ist's a way to send data and power to
> >the slaves width fewer cables. It's a protocol called M-Bus, have someone
> >done something like this (or width any other protocol) ?
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >
>
There's a page about M-Bus in

http://fb6www.uni-paderborn.de/M-Bus/mbusdoc/default.htm

They talk about a chip called TSS721. I can't find any information about
it, has someone used it before ?

Antonio Almeida