Tag Archives: RS232
WHY MODBUS HAS FLOURISHED
Modbus is the most pervasive communications protocol in industrial and building automation and the most [...]
Feb
RA Obsolescence
If I only had a nickel for every SLC, PLC5, and MicroLogix in use today. [...]
Dec
RS-232 MODBUS?
RS-232 and Modbus are two words that just don’t go together. Sort of like Lawrence [...]
Oct
What’s So Special About RS232 and RS485?
Modbus over RS232 and RS485 kicked off networking in automation. Before then, all we had [...]
Jul
DeviceNet Changed Everything
Everyone has one of those seminal moments from their childhood that they’ll remember forever. Mine [...]
May
New Years, Old Modbus
The New Year is a nostalgic time of year, one that converges with an end-of-year [...]
Jan
ASCII
I’ve been around the Industrial Automation industry for a fair amount of time now. Just [...]
May
ASCII Revisited
Had lunch with Chester the other day. Chester is an old manufacturing guy from way [...]
Oct
ASCII to Something
I get a number of questions every week about moving ASCII data. Moving ASCII data [...]
Jan
