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12/02/08 18:23
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#160517 - TelCo?
Responding to: ???'s previous message
I would start by looking at how the telephone company does this -- power + data on two lines. Data is sent over telephone lines for much more than 10km -- although the Tel.Co. probably uses amplifiers.

As to the data itself, there are 16 DTMF tones defined, and DTMF encoders and decoders have been around for a long time.

Incidentally, I work with alarm systems, which have up to 999 different "points" or zones. When a message needs to be sent to a central station, the control panel connects to the phone line, dials a number, and waits for a response. When it gets the response, all the information is sent via DTMF tones. Upon receiving an acknowledgment the panel hangs up. This sounds a lot like what you want to do.

--Rich


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TopicAuthorDate
long distance communication            01/01/70 00:00      
   TelCo?            01/01/70 00:00      
      Contact ID?            01/01/70 00:00      
   more information would be helpful            01/01/70 00:00      
   Breif Explaination            01/01/70 00:00      
      is there local power at the "field switches" ?            01/01/70 00:00      
      INdustrial Data Comms Supplier            01/01/70 00:00      
         In North America            01/01/70 00:00      
         Another Industrial Data Comms Supplier            01/01/70 00:00      
      Too brief            01/01/70 00:00      
         re:            01/01/70 00:00      
            Suggestion            01/01/70 00:00      
               re:Andy Neil            01/01/70 00:00      
                  or with wifi            01/01/70 00:00      
            Past Experience            01/01/70 00:00      
            Serious warning            01/01/70 00:00      
      with PLC or rs-485            01/01/70 00:00      
      SHM ,LHM            01/01/70 00:00      
   It might interest you to know ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   There are ways but,            01/01/70 00:00      
      DC? ... over a 10 kM line?            01/01/70 00:00      
   I might suggest that you consider...            01/01/70 00:00      
      HART            01/01/70 00:00      

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