> >         That's something I was thinking of as well, I'm not
> sure how they
> > do it.
> >Perhaps there is some polling going on? Or maybe every device
> transmits at a
> >random time? Anybody here know how they manage to do it? TTYL
>
> If you've used one-wire devices- it doesn't have to be random if they all
> have a serial number.

        I haven't used one wire devices, I don't see how having serial numbers
help. Remember, the scanner doesn't KNOW what devices are out there, and the
devices don't know what devices are out there, I can't see the scanner
querying every single number, that would simply take too long. There has to
be some "discovery" mode, and I don't really see a way other then a random
"hello", but then I'm not very experienced in this sort of thing, which is
why I'm asking. TTYL

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