How do I respond off-list?
John
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From: "James Newtons Massmind" <spam_OUTjamesnewtonTakeThisOuT
massmind.org>
To: "'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.'" <.....piclistKILLspam@spam@mit.edu>
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 3:49 PM
Subject: [BUY] RFQ Pocket PC/Palm programmer w/ serial port experience
> I have a friend who has asked me to try to find someone to help them with
a
> for-pay project. This guy is solid (a former member of this list in fact)
> and very honest and above board. He initially approached me to do it, but
> I'm just too busy right now.
>
> The job involves checking the calibration on a number of existing data
> loggers. Basically, someone will take this PDA or other small device to
each
> unit, plug in a standard RS232 cable and the software in the PDA needs to
> issue a few commands and read back the results from the data logger. Those
> values then get scaled with some fairly high precision floating point math
> to present a display of the values the logger is currently reading.
Finally,
{Quote hidden}> a "carry on" command or so is sent to the logger and the cable is
> disconnected.
>
> We are not downloading the data from the logger at this point, nor are we
> setting the calibration, just doing a sanity check.
>
> The type of PDA isn't critical. It could be a WinCE, pocket PC, Palm,
> Handspring, or just about anything else that is small, portable, low power
> and has an easy to read screen. What is important is that you have
> experience with using the RS232 port on that device and some ability to
> write simple user interface and floating point math code for it.
>
> Please respond to me (off list) with your Name, email, experience, and
> financial requirements. No need for a detailed or exact quote, just a
rough
> estimate would be nice. We will send over a more detailed spec and then
get
> a solid quote.
>
> ---
> James.
>
>
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