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minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoAnd how cool would you look carrying your laptop like an attache case, with dongles and wires hanging off it? No thank you. If I need to interface with cold war era serial hardware, this is the way I’m going to do it.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·20 days agoYou do realise there is equipment being manufactured today that uses RS232?
minus-squarelka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoWe have brand new machines that use RS232 and RS485. We just did some configurating on one of them last week.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·20 days agoSo do some fire panels, come to think of it. They use RS232 for programming, and either RS232 or RS485 for communication between modules.
minus-squarelka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-220 days agoYep. Coincidentally, part of that job involved a fire panel. It falls under the KISS principal - and if it ain’t broke, why fix it?
And how cool would you look carrying your laptop like an attache case, with dongles and wires hanging off it? No thank you. If I need to interface with cold war era serial hardware, this is the way I’m going to do it.
You do realise there is equipment being manufactured today that uses RS232?
We have brand new machines that use RS232 and RS485. We just did some configurating on one of them last week.
So do some fire panels, come to think of it. They use RS232 for programming, and either RS232 or RS485 for communication between modules.
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?