Hello,

I want to send messages between a machine running Windows XP and an
embedded device (the architecture and OS still have to be defined).

The preferred interface is IrDA. I was hoping to use IrCOMM to act as
if it was a serial port interface but this is deprecated in XP. The
new mechanism is sockets.

I am concerned what the requirements would be for that the embedded
device to be able to connect to the Windows XP system using a socket.
Does anyone know which OS would support this without development. Or
is there an IrDA stack that would require no or minimal development.

If anyone has connected an non-embedded system to a Windows Xp system
I would be keen to hear from you to get some advice.

Thanks,
J