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Re: IFI Controller Tether protocol

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Originally Posted by bear24rw View Post
It is just a serial port sending out a stream of bytes. I dont remember all the details but i did play around with it a few years ago.
The fact that it carries power might be relevant—it allows IFI OIs to run directly from robots, without external power. In that regard, it's definitely not a standard serial port.

Maybe IFI will be interested in describing the protocol, now that it is not used on current products. You'd have to ask them, though.

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