Data structure for the ICOM IC-R2 Scanner - OoCities

This diagram clearly shows how data transmitted from the computer is reflectedback to the computer for monitoring of the transmission. The diagram alsoshows that radio data is also reflected back to the radio so that collisions can bedetected.Because the transmit-data line and the receive-data line are connected together,the CI-V interface is connected in a wire-OR configuration. When the computertransmits a command, the command is automatically echoed back as receiveddata, followed by the radio's response to the command, if any. For example, if aneleven-byte command is transmitted to a device on the cable, and a six-byteresponse is sent, the computer will receive a total of seventeen bytes (11+6=17).This configuration allows devices on the cable to monitor their own transmissionsin order to detect interface collisions.A collision occurs when two or more devices transmit simultaneously. If acollision occurs, the command must be re-transmitted. The radio or computerthat is transmitting reads its own transmissions back from the communicationscable. If it detects that another device has transmitted at the same time (i.e.there has been a collision) the radio or computer stops transmitting, listens tomake sure that there are no other data transmissions on the cable, transmits ajamming code (5 characters of value $FC), and retransmits the originalcommand.Question: does the cloning system actually follow this part of the protocol? Thecloning system seems to assume that no more than two devices will be on thecable at any one time and the protocol seems to minimise the possibility ofcollisions occurring during cloning8