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I've done a bunch of work with RS232 in the machining industry (CNC). Getting my mind around both software / hardware control sequences was the most challenging part.

You can overcome the baud challenges with scripts that loop through common baud rates until alpha numeric characters are found.

It's also nice that the same few windows applications have been in use for 20 years or so (I specifically worked with RS232 to TCP/IP).



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