The ARCNET Trade Association (ATA) is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as a standards developer using the canvass method. Copies of the ATA and ANSI/ATA standards may be purchased, by contacting the ATA by email ata@arcnet.com . Other ARCNET publications are also available. A small shipping and handling fee is charged.  

• Standards 
• Other Publications  

Standards 

• ANSI/ATA 878.1-1999 - This standard defines the frame format, medium access, services, active hub operation, and the physical layer functions and connectors for a token bus LAN operating at 2.5 Mbps.
• Draft ATA 878.2 - This standard defines the method and the frame formats by which a block of data can be transferred utilizing ARCNET independent of the number of octets in the block of data. The standard defines a protocol by which data can be fragmented into one or more ARCNET frames and re-assembled at the receiving station.
  
• Draft ATA 878.3 - This protocol encapsulation standard defines a method to embed or encapsulate an existing protocol onto an ATA 878 (ARCNET) network. This standard allows devices using RS-232, RS-422/485 point to point standards to migrate upward to a high-speed network with multi-master capabilities.
  

Other Publications 

•  ARCNET Tutorial and Product Guide. Available free-of-charge from Contemporary Control Systems, Inc. 
• COM20020 (Universal Local Area Network Controller with Microcontroller Interface and 2K X 8 RAM On Chip) Data Sheet. Available free-of-charge from Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC). 
• COM20022 (10 Mbps ARCNET Controller with 2K x 8 On-Board RAM) Data Sheet. Available free-of-charge from Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC).