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Intro to Hunter ACC Protocol Integration The Hunter ACC protocol can be used to connect to suitably enabled Hunter Industries controllers such as the ACC99 Irrigation Controller. The Driver can read and write data, change settings and issue commands to the irrigation system. A single gateway can connect to multiple controllers using t…

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In Case of an Accident Since 2013, self-driving vehicles have established themselves as a growing influence in our society. Whether they're delivering hot pizza, carrying bulk items in large trucks across interstate lines, or acting as a taxi in a busy city, autonomous (and semi-autonomous) vehicl…

What is a Smart Contract? A smart contract is a software service embedded in a blockchain. Its developers claim that this makes the software transparent and unhackable. A trivial example of a smart contract is a lottery. The source code for how entries are processed and rewarded is embedded in the chain (…

Intro to Vaisala Weather Transmitters Integration The Vaisala Weather ASCII Serial Driver is used to communicate with most Vaisala weather sensors and transmitters. This serial driver connects to a trunk of 1 or more Vaisala Weather Transmitters that support the Vaisala Ascii Protocol like the WXT530 transmitter. It is capable of read…

Chipkin Protocol Converters aka Protocol Gateways Chipkin provides solutions for over 200 Protocols and counting. With a speciality in Building Automation and Integration, Chipkin provides more than just Gateways, we also offer Data Clients, BACnet Routers, Stack, Software Tools, BACnet Explorer. Chipkin Provides solutions, not boxes. We…

Introduction A gateway has two sides - Protocol 1 (example: Modbus) and Protocol 2 (example: BACnet) With protocols like Modbus, BACnet, Lonworks, GE EGD, FINS, and Ethernet/IP, we often program gateways using the data flow model shown in figure 1 (seen below). The field device with these protocols is mos…