Ethernet communication Serial communication
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DAQFactory can communicate with a wide variety of devices with serial (RS232/422/485) and Ethernet connections. This guide explains how to start communicating with your device and how to create a protocol to interpret the language your device speaks. Since serial and Ethernet communications are done almost identically, we’ll simply refer to it as serial communications. Ethernet is actually a serial technique, meaning bits of data are sent over the wire one after another. There are additional layers with Ethernet handled by your operating system and your hardware, but as far as DAQFactory is concerned, Ethernet, RS232, RS-422 and RS-485 are pretty much identical. This allows you to apply any protocol to either serial or Ethernet ports.