PC-TO-PC COMMUNICATION USING IR
Beeresha R S, A M Khan. Department of Electronics, Mangalore University.
Abstract: This paper introduces the concept
of wireless communication using IR as
media. It has been used to communicate
between the two PCs, like PC1 and PC2.
Both Trans-receiver circuits are designed on
a single board. Two such boards are placed
parallel to each other at some distance
(6meter to 10meter). At a given time the
circuit acts as a receiver or transmitter. This
can be selected through the software which is
written in C. This helps to reduce the
complex interconnection between one PC to
another PC and its also a simple technique
to understand too.
INTRODUCTION:
PC-TO-PC COMMUNICATION
USING INFRARED / LASER [5 6] the
purpose of any communication system
is to exchange information between
two media. The terms information
and exchange in Data communication
particularly refers to meaningful
exchange of information between two
entities [1 2] which can be human
operator on a computer terminal and a
computer program.
The information to be transmitted
is processed to ensure its reliability,
integrity and intelligibility during
transfer. Some of required processing
functions are representation of
information in form of binary data [3]
Explores one corner of the
computer applications. Computers that
are linked together to monitor and
control the world outside themselves[3].
Each computer can exchange
information with the other and each can
also calculate, decide and take action on
its own. This type of link requires three
things computers to do the work,
programming [4] that tell the computers
what to do and a link to connect them.
The term link refers to a connection
between two or more computers.
BASIC TECHNIQUE:
dialogue management, error control,
addressing, and sequencing. The
transmitter converts the binary data into
a time varying signal having
characteristics suitable for the
transmission medium being used. The
signal presented to the transmitted
medium is subjected to a number of
impairments before it reaches the
receiver. However it is ensured that the
received signal has all characteristics of
the transmitted signal. The received
signal is converted back into binary data
which is processed to get the information.
The information is displayed on the
terminal, stored on the hard disk or
executed as a command. Assemble two
trans-receiver modules and connect
each of them, using RS 232 apart so that
the IR LEDs of each module face the
TSOP sensor (receiver) of the other.
BLOCK DIAGRAM:
WORKING OPERATION:
Power on both the circuits to
operate at stabilized 5V DC. Run the
serial communication software that we
have written in C language. Press letter
S to operate the hardware unit in send
mode of computer-1. Press letter R to
operate another hardware unit
connected to computer-2 in receive
mode. First, by operating in send mode
we need to align both the devices to
communicate in chat mode. So press
letter A. Then in the receiver computer
(computer -2) we will observe the
received IR signals. As the aligning of
two hardware unit is over a message
aligned properly is observed. So by
this, both PCs and circuits are set to
transfer files between them.
The file which is to be
transmitted is put in the transfer file
mode by entering its path (e.g.,
c:\tc\bin\file_name.extn) in computer-
1. Computer-2 will receive the
transmitted file in file receive mode, it
will indicate the received file and its
path, by specifying the file name and
Size of the file after it receives the
transmitted file in full. After the
successful transmission for a few cm
distances, we can operate the hardware
units by increasing the distance. The
tried limit for transmitting the files
between the computers using this
device is 5 meters.
For the proper wireless infra red
communication between two computers
we need two wireless trans-receiver
units. Before we start our
communication process between
computers we need to load telix serial
communication software to both the
computers (transmitting and receiving)
and set the port parameters to 9600
baud rate, parity-none bit per character
to 8 and stop bit to 1.
By using the designed device we
can transfer text, document, audio,
video files. The module is tested
between speeds of 1200 and 9600 bauds,
including file transfer between two PCs.
The required software for data
communication between the two
computers is written in C language.
CIRCUIT DESIGN:
RECEIVER:
1) When the receiver IC senses the
light rays from IR of the
transmitter board ,
2) The receiver IC is TSOP ha has the
signal and sends it through a
transistor (BC548)
3) Through the transistor it enters the
R-MAX 232 IC ,
4) Here R MAX 232 indicates
receiving of the signal,
5) And then TTL signal (0/5V) is
enter in to Level inter change (+9/
(+9/-
9V).
6) After that it starts to send the
signal to the receiver DB
DB-9 PIN.
7) Later it will display what is the
content from the sender.
TRANSMITTER:
1) Starts in DB-99 pin configuration
select the one of the pin ffor the
transmitting the signal to the R
MAX 232 (R MAX means that it
receive the signal in this case).
2) After receiving the signal it starts to
convert in to TTL format voltage
levels (0/5V) its called level inter
change.
3) After that S MAX 232 starts to send
sen
the signal to transistor (BC 548) its
indicated by LED 2 goes ON.ON If the
transistor receives the signal it
indicated by LED 3 goes ON.
4) After it will sends to the timer IC
555.
5) When the output of the IC 555 the
IR 1 LED and IR 2 LEDs goes to
ON state it implies that the signal is
transmitted.
TESTING:
Connect both PCs to the circuits and
set the software to chat mode. We should
be able to transmit the data between the
PCs, as if a cable is connected.
connected Depending
on the sensitivity setting and power/angle
of IR LEDs, increase the distance and try
again for longer distance.
ADVANTAGES:
1) The serial cable has more swing
voltage compare to the parallel port
transmission therefore cable loss is
not a problem for serial cable as they
are for parallel.
 PC TO PC COMMUNICATION:

RECEIVER TRANSMITTER

Start Start DB- 9 PIN

R MAX 232
TSOP

Level interchange
BC 548(Transistor)

S MAX 232
R MAX 232
LED2 turns ON
BC 548 (Transistor)
Level inter Change
LED3 turns ON

IC 555
S MAX 232
LED1 turns ON IR LED1 IR LED2

Receiving DB- 9
PIN

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