• lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 hours ago

      We have brand new machines that use RS232 and RS485. We just did some configurating on one of them last week.

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        10 hours ago

        So do some fire panels, come to think of it. They use RS232 for programming, and either RS232 or RS485 for communication between modules.

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          8 hours ago

          Yep. Coincidentally, part of that job involved a fire panel.

          It falls under the KISS principal - and if it ain’t broke, why fix it?

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            6 hours ago

            Oh, definitely. There’s a lot of products in the fire industry that haven’t fundamentally changed since the 80s or 90s, maybe a few tweaks.