Some Help With An Old, Old Protocol.

Have you contacted GE?

Of course, if they're more interested in making a sale rather than helping, they'll tell you to replace the old things with new (expensive!) things. You'll never know unless you try.

Yup. The client contacted them directly. It is a proprietary protocol that he will have to pay GE to bridge to some new hardware. He is assessing this option against the reverse engineering route. Since he was buying an analyzer from me anyway, he figured he would run it past me to see if my company had any history with it. After walking the office and knocking on doors (we are in the same town as GE Fanuc, so there are some old GE folks working here), I decided to give this new resource I discovered a few weeks back a shot.

For the record, answer or no answer on this issue, I enjoy reading the questions, answers, and musings of the folks here. I look forward to contributing more than just long-shot questions in the future.

I've no experience with GE but I checked their website and came across a manuals page. Sometimes, the manuals have a wealth of information that can be useful.

I didn't browse all of them (actually just one ) but you can scan them yourself. Who knows? You might find what you need.

http://support.gefanuc.com/support/index?page=prodhome&cat=MOTIONSOLUTIONS

Yup, this is a nice place. Welcome to CR4.

"...he will have to pay GE to bridge..."

WHAT?!? Oh for the days when major companies like that cared more about their clients than their profits (oops - just dated myself, didn't I?).

Check for old tech manuals - the client had to have had one, once. And the previous suggestion of an online search also has merit.