Hi Jonathan,

 >           Field 7 - Baud rate

 >
 > Of course, strictly speaking both technical standards are
 > wrong.  The numbers they give as examples clearly indicate
 > that it is actually a BPS rate not a Baud rate.

Quite so. I have a more serious problem however.

 >              (eg: 9600, 14400, 38400, etc)

I do not know the meaning of 'etc' in this context. Is 1199 acceptable? -2?
3.1415? Is there an upper limit? How about 10^100?

In order to be useful for a programmer it must clearly state the
limitations. Something like:

             This field contains the maximum bit rate supported
  by the node when using its fastest protocol under optimum
  conditions. The value in this field must be numeric and
  represent a whole decimal number in the range 1 - 999999.

If no upper limit is supplied we will run into one of those
"unbounded" discussions again. If the intention really is no
upper limit, then it should explicitly state so.


Cheers, Michiel

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