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Old October 19th, 2009   #5
ericthegeek
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> Is it implied that a controller will leave the device
> alone if it receives and ACK_TIMER?

No, it's not implied. Many controllers will not send anything else to a responder until the ACK_TIMER period is over, but technically the ACK_TIMER is only for that specific message. It's perfectly valid to send another request while waiting for the queued message to come back from a previous ACK_TIMER.

If you're too busy doing other things, you can either issue another ACK_TIMER for the new request, or drop the packet.
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