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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (9 children)

There was a point where I really wanted a decent laptop with one to run STAR C3. Never bought the laptop nor the kit but never knew if I'll need it again. I don't own a Benz anymore but it could literally change on a whim because I do still love them lol

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (8 children)

    You can get USB to RS232 cables for very little, so any laptop should work.

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  • [+] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (6 children)
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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (5 children)

    You do realise there is equipment being manufactured today that uses RS232?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    We have brand new machines that use RS232 and RS485. We just did some configurating on one of them last week.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    So do some fire panels, come to think of it. They use RS232 for programming, and either RS232 or RS485 for communication between modules.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    People have reported those not working very well with STAR / DAS I believe. You can usually buy the kit with a laptop included, I just figured I'd wanna try if it runs on something made less than 23 years ago.

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