Networking Security and Compliance – Doing Business With Protected Information

Developers have long struggled with keeping testing information safe when working with protected information. While it is clear of the importance of keeping security such as surveillance or monitoring equipment functional, there are also scenarios where the actual data itself is the target. Businesses dealing in protected consumer information need to be especially vigilant when … More Networking Security and Compliance – Doing Business With Protected Information

Air Traffic Controllers Need Dependable Equipment To Help Defend Against Hackers

Air Traffic Controllers hold an enormously stressful position. They make sure airplanes can safely arrive at their destinations. Operating from large control towers, they sit surrounded by equipment that must work well in order for their job to succeed. Over the last few years, there have been multiple instances of hackers attempting and in some … More Air Traffic Controllers Need Dependable Equipment To Help Defend Against Hackers

USB to RS485 Converters – Types and Uses

USB to RS485 converters are usually utilized to allow personal computers to get in touch with RS485-compliant tools on commercial automation networks, such as automation, video surveillance electronic cameras and also door protection card users. Although the RS485 spec recommends a default geography based upon ‘master-slave’ point-to-point or multi-drop configurations, the use of multiport repeaters … More USB to RS485 Converters – Types and Uses

RS232 and Mobile Data Systems

Serial communication was originally developed for the teletype (nickname for a teletypewriter and trademark of the Teletype Corporation USA), an electro-mechanical marvel that emerged in the 1920’s for transmitting messages from one point to another. Some even used punched paper tape so you could relay information output from one teletype and feed the strip into … More RS232 and Mobile Data Systems

Benefits of Using RS232 to RS485 Converters

RS485 is an electric interface specification still commonly made use of by commercial automation tools such as sensors, electric motor managers, temperature level controllers and control valves that communicate real-time, deterministic data across bus-based networks. Although newer tools that utilize Ethernet-based network procedures are gradually changing it, there continues to be a very large mounted … More Benefits of Using RS232 to RS485 Converters