The TSS461E is fully compliant with the ISO standard 11519-3. This standard supports a wide range of applications such as low-cost remote control switches, typically used for lamp control; complex, highly-autonomous, distributed systems like engine controls, which require fast and secure data transfers. The TSS461E is a microprocessor-interfaced line controller for mid-to-high complexity bus-masters and listeners like injection/ignition control calculators, dashboard controllers and car stereo or mobile telephone CPUs. The microprocessor interface consists of a 256-bytes of RAM and the register area is divided into 11 control registers, 14 channel register sets and 128 bytes of general purpose RAM, used as a message storage area, and a 6-source maskable interrupt. The circuit operates in RAM using DMA techniques, controlled by the channel and control registers. This allows virtually any microprocessor to interface with ease to the TSS461E, and to use the free RAM as a scratch pad. Messages are encoded in enhanced Manchester code, and an optional pulsed code for use with an optical or radio link, at a maximum bit rate of 1 Mbit/s. The TSS461E analyzes the messages received or transmitted according to 6 different criteria including some higher level checks. In addition, the bus interface has three separate inputs with automatic source diagnosis and selection, allowing for multibus listening or the automatic selection of the most reliable source at any time if several line receivers are connected to the same bus.