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Quick Support Links If you are in need of support, please choose from one of the following topics below. If you do not see a selection that matches your issue, please CONTACT US. Back to Support Simplified Fieldserver Support - Chipkin FAQs Answered How to Change the IP Address?…

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…

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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.…