Erik Christiansen wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 01:38:44PM -0500, John Kasunich wrote: > >> The HAL component is technically a decoder and counter of those signals, >> but if we called it a decoder people would be really confused. >> > > Feeding the output of a physical encoder to a software encoder leaves > the signal double encoded, and me thoroughly confused. Feeding an > encoded signal to a decoder means that it has been recovered. That is so > simple that I'm having some trouble comprehending how that is supposed > to lead to confusion? > The HAL encoder module is designed to be the interface to an encoder. Its only purpose is to provide the information from an encoder to EMC. If you consider that an encoder "encodes" some information, then you could say you need a "decoder" to convert that info back to useful form.
But, you have to adapt to the common language used by others who employ this technology. I think the documentation adequately describes what this does. Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
