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Re:I stayed in a hotel with Android lightswitches and it was... by vacri on Friday March 11, 2016 @12:39PM (#11268113)
> Using a protocol invented before the internet to control devices on a semi-public network is insane.

Using Modbus may be insane, but Internet Protocol (IP) predates it by 5 years.

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Re:I stayed in a hotel with Android lightswitches and it was... by thoughtsimple on Friday March 11, 2016 @12:58PM (#11268266)
Modbus is an application layer protocol. Different things. It's more akin to HTTP than IP.
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