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Chipkin Launching a New Version of the CAS BACnet Explorer 4.0! With the release of BACnet Secure Connect, Chipkin has been working diligently to developed a New BACnet Explorer which supports BACnet SC. We believe this is the First BACnet Explorer that supports BACnet SC. As a Launch Promotion and Beta test, we are offering a Free 90 day Trail of…

Modbus Mod10 format is an agreement on how to interpret/store large numbers. Question: How do you handle large integer values in Modbus? Eg 100,000,000,002 Answer: Use 2 or more 16-bit registers How? Use the 1st regi…

Featured Content Encode floating-point and 32-bit data in Modbus RTU Messages BACnet SC, Chipkin & Plugfest…

In Data Conversion, incoming data manipulation is a necessary step to create outgoing data. This is done by either joining smaller data types to create a larger data type or splitting larger data types to deliver smaller data types. In Modbus, 16-bit registers are used to transfer a 32-bit floating-point value. Upon receipt of these two…

BACnet SC (BACnet Secure Connect) is the latest add-on feature to the BACnet Protocol. It is one of the largest addendums to the protocol and one of the most important. It is a feature that BACnet International has been promoting as it provides the means to create secure communications connections between edge devices, Building Automa…

If you wrote firmware for a self-driving car, would you walk in front of the car? Let’s look at 2 aspects of this. We don’t have answers but we have some probative thoughts. Would you survive? – the technology issues. Would your family be compensated if you were killed? – the legal issues.…

Yes. Search engines e.g., Google does this and so do the social media sites. Although such kind of tracking could be for commercial ads, cybercriminals could use it to breach your privacy. Google tracks your location, voice searches and google searches so as to provide tailored adverts. Malicious tracking can happen through malware that…

Is lifting an aircraft carrier possible with a magnet? Yes, It is possible through a concept. When assembled, the magnet will be 59 feet tall and 14 feet wide, weighing a thousand tons. It was built in the US and has been shipped to France to the experimental fusion reactor known as ITER. The magnet will be capable of…