ACTiSYS is to be well represented in the upper echelons of the IrDA leadership.
At January’s quarterly meeting of the IrDA, held in San Francisco, ACTiSYS’ President Dr Keming Yeh was elected by the 142-member association to Chair the Technical Committee. In a further move, in what turned out to be a highly unusual day for ACTiSYS, Chief Technical Officer Dr Lichen Wang was also appointed to Chair the Test & Interoperability Committee of the IrDA. The Marketing Committee is to be chaired by Robert Stuart of Sharp Corp.
It is a rare honor for an organization to have two members of the same company chairing two out of three committee’s within an international standards association simultaneously. These moves are a reflection of the high standing ACTiSYS enjoys within the worldwide IrDA community.
In addition to the recent recognition from the IrDA governing body, Dr Keming Yeh recently chaired a dedicated half-day session on "Wireless Connectivity Solution," addressing areas of IrDA, Bluetooth, HomeRF and mobile data synchronisation at the Portable Design conference, San Diego, January 25-27. This was followed by an evening session of lively panel debate devoted to the implications of the emergence of this technology. Both sessions attracted a full house. Dr Yeh also chaired a similar Wireless Connectivity session at the 7th Annual Wireless Symposium and Portable by Design Conference in San Jose, Ca., February 22-25.
Each of these prestigious posts increases ACTiSYS visibility in the international technical community and is indicative of the outstanding contribution, technical depth and breadth of ACTiSYS.
In product news: ACTiSYS is now the first company to market with a successful adaptation of an IrDA USB adapter. Both the IrDA and USB parent associations have awarded the ACT-IR2000U its compliance certification, the only such accreditation bestowed world-wide. It supports IR speeds of 9.6K-115.2K, 4Mbps and needs no external power source. This new device is ready for a broad market launch in March.
Another unique and popular product is the ACT-IR100S, intelligent SIR (IrDA-1.0) RS232 external adapter. This is a unique approach to infrared communication solution; a compact adapter with built in IrDA hardware and complete IrDA protocol software. The ACT-IR100S works with all RS232 ports: modem, printer, instrument, meter, portable PC, medical devices, or data terminal. It supports IR
speeds at 9.6K-115.2Kbps and uses AC adapter or +5V DC power source. It is also available as PCB only, ACT-IR100Si.or as IrDA stack processor, ACT-IR8200IC. It also comes in short-cable (2.5cm) model, ACT-IR100SC and ruggedized version, ACT-IR100SR. Indeed, the ACT-IR100S/IR100Si/IR8200IC is the quick, simple, least expensive answer for any serial device for guaranteed IrDA-compliance.
Contact Information: ACTiSYS Corporation, 48511 Warm Springs BoulevardSuite 206, Fremont CA 94539, U.S.A. Web: www.actisys.com
Tel: +1 (510) 490-8024, Fax: +1 (510) 623-7236, E-mail: irda-info@actisys.com
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** ACT-IR2000U Product Spec (FIR-USB Adapter): **
The ACT- IR2000U has a data capability from 9600 to 4M bps. The faster speeds of IrDA-1.1 are now finally available on desktop PC to the end-users. It is in production shipment from ACTiSYS now. It is intended to facilitate wireless data transfer for record synchronization and back up. Powered by USB port, needs no external power.ACT-IR2000U is the only such IrDA adapter on the market with both USB and IrDAcompliance and quality certification!
The ACT-IR2000U is compatible with Windows 98 and Windows 2000; the adapter is bundled with the NDIS driver. It allows wireless data communication from laptop, PDA, digital camera, cellular phone, data terminal, mobile medical units and other IrDA-enabled portable devices to a PC with plug-and-play simplicity.
The ACT-IR2000U is fully compliant to USB specification 1.1 and IrDA specification 1.1, up to 4Mbps data transfer rate. It supports data rates of 9.6, 19.2, 38.4, 57.6, 115.2Kbps and 4M. The ACT-IR2000U can accommodate an IR communication distance of 0cm to 100cm, whilst drawing no external power and is fully compatible with all IrDA-1.1 communication protocol specifications.
The ACT-IR2000U comes with 180cm USB cable. It is also available in a short-cable (2.5cm) version, the ACT-IR2000UC and ruggedized version, the ACT-IR2000UR.
** ACT-IR100S Product Spec (Intelligent IrDA RS232 Adapter): **
The ACT-IR100S is an intelligent SIR (IrDA-1.0) RS232 external adapter. This is a unique approach to infrared communication solution; the ACT-IR100S has built in both IrDA hardware (transceiver and encoder/decoder) and “complete” IrDA protocol software. The ACT-IR100S works with all RS232 ports: modem, printer, instrument, meter, portable PC, medical devices, or data terminal.
The ACT-IR100S uniquely provides industry with an off-the-shelf IrDA-compliant solution for fastest, least expensive route to be IrDA capable.
* Fully compatible with IrDA Physical and Protocol spec: IrLAP, IrLMP, IrComm-3
and 9 wire cooked and TinyTP, both parimary and secondary implementation!).
* IR speeds at 9.6K, 19.2K, 38.4K, 57.6K, 115.2K bps.
* Uses AC adapter or +5V DC power source.
* Compact: 61mmLx35mmWx 18mmH (2.4"Lx1.4"Wx 0.7"H), 65 gr (2.5 Oz).
The ACT-IR100S is also available as PCB that is either RS232 or TTL compatible, without the enclosed plastic cover, serial cable and external AC adapter, ACT-IR100Si. (also the chip, ACT-IR8200IC). Effectively, the ACT-IR100Si or ACT-IR8200IC can be utilised as an internal component to a host device.
ACT-IR100S comes with 180cm serial cable. It also comes in short-cable (2.5cm) model, the ACT-IR100SC and ruggedized version, the ACT-IR100SR.
Indeed, the ACT-IR100S/IR100Si/IR8200IC is the quick, simple, least expensive, answer for any serial device for guaranteed IrDA-compliance.
