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Old 01-27-2022, 12:41 PM   #10
jbloomfield
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Default Re: 2022 Icon programming cable

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Originally Posted by ATrain View Post
Lol good luck. That's out of my league and from my basic understanding of serial communications I don't think it would be practically feasible because you can't intercept the programming messages without them being sent first...so you would be forced to send random signals to see if you get responses, no? The port is used to program, so how would one know what to send? I'm definitely far from knowledgeable on that area though so I could be way off.
Yeah, it's all dependent on having the programming software. At that point you can listen to the messages going to the controller and the responses from the controller. Once you have that then the real fun starts - trying to decode and decipher the messages. If the serial comms is encrypted then it's game over, but if it's clear then there's a chance. And honestly why would you encrypt the data other than to stop folks like us messing around with the controller.
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