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Re: Field Electronics

Mike-
True, as I look at it a little bit more I realize that is most likely some sort of PLC code that is embedded into the IO units. One reason I think there is now is because inside the full FMS there is a PLC heartbeat monitor. So maybe there is some sort of PLC that simply just combines all of the events into one string and sends it along to FMS

Dag0620-
So it seems a little pointless to go off and start building one with this years game specific equipment on it from the get go. But my original goals could still be adapted into this. We could build the field like we originally planned a few months ago and not put on any of the game specific electrical or physical equipment. And then after next years game and field equipment is announced we could go out and borrow some of the Panelview terminals if they are using those again or install the motion sensors should they go that route.

One more quick note. The more I think about it the more I realize that those Panelview terminals are most likely running Windows CE on them. So it may actually not be a RA software thing for the terminals, it could just be a windows program