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Group There are now four new reflectors under the UPAMD
group. Upamd-power@xxxxxxxx
for the power discussions and spec development. The power subcommittee
will be chaired by Paul Panepinto. Upamd-connect@xxxxxxxx
for the connector discussions and spec development. The connector subcommittee
will be chaired by Mark Anderson Upamd-comms@xxxxxxxx
for the communications discussions and spec development. The communication
subcommittee will be chaired by Edgar Brown Upamd-conform@xxxxxxxx
for the conformity/validation/certification discussion and spec development.
Still looking for a chair for this subcommittee. All of these reflectors will be archived in the private page
section of the website. Each of the subcommittee reflectors can be joined in the
same way as the main reflector with email to listserv@xxxxxxxx
with the line “subscribe upamd-power your-first-name your-last-name”
with the subcommittee of your choice instead of power. I did it with four lines
in one email. The purpose of the additional reflectors is to keep that
topic specific traffic off the main reflector. The Chairs of the
subcommittees will probably start by cleaning up the goals for the group to
have a target list of must satisfy issues and may satisfy issues. Then
the solutions can be solicited, modified an worked on until a decision is
reached and reported to the main committee. The general goals have been established by vote of the entire
committee and the relevant ones to each subcommittee should be on the must
satisfy list. There should be interesting and lively discussions. With
the superb talent working on this project I expect expertise and innovation
will produce results that we will all feel comfortable living with the results daily
over the next decade +. None of us can know the future precisely
but we can track rates of change in the technology and markets and make educated
guesses where developments are headed. This standard should be ahead of the market
when it completes next year, on market five years later, and needing a refresh
as behind market in 10 years. The communications capabilities built into this standard
will be a major key to that long life. As the adapters and cables are expected to last for ~10 years,
any ROI calculations have a much longer payback time, unlike the pile of still
working but unusable adapters under the corner of my desk for equipment that
has either died or been superseded. Their mean useful life was probably 3 years
– we can do better. A well working example of the kinds of connections to be
considered is the USB system. USB supports connections for device - device,
device – hub –devices, sometimes multiple hubs in a tree, multiple
ports from a device, multiple ports from an adapter, etc. The power networks
can be almost as complicated and should not be disallowed. I will look for
the selection of UPAMD cables next to the USB cables. USB has also survived
through 4 generations of enhancements with backward compatibility. Now --- How do we do it? Respectfully; Bob Davis Chair UPAMD/P1823 Working Group bobd@xxxxxxxx 408.857.1273 |