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		<title>Where are the debug files located &#8211; CAS BACnet Explorer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When sending support a bug report for CAS BACnet Explorer please include these three debug files.

C:\Users\&#60;user&#62;\Documents\CAS BACnet Explorer\Debuglog.txt
C:\Users\&#60;user&#62;\Documents\CAS BACnet Explorer\mstp_log.txt (If BACnet MSTP)
C:\Users\&#60;user&#62;\Documents\CAS BACnet Explorer\packets.pkt (If BACnet IP or BACnet Eth)

These files will help us tremendousness to find a solution to your problem. These files are plain text and they should compress down to 3-4mb with 7-Zip (free [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chipkin.com/articles/where-are-the-debug-files-located-cas-bacnet-explorer</link>
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		<title>CAS BACnet Explorer &#8211; USB Key updater</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The KeyUpdater.exe is an application at is used to update the USB product keys for CAS BACnet Explorer.
Directions:

Extract the three files included in the Zip archive to a temporary directory (C:\temp\)
Run the &#8216;KeyUpdater.exe&#8216; application
Insert the USB product key, It should look similar to this. A green LED should illuminate if property connected.
Click the &#8220;Update Key&#8221; button

If the key was updated correctly you should [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chipkin.com/articles/cas-bacnet-explorer-usb-key-updater</link>
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		<title>How to change the default BACnet port (47808) in CAS BACnet Explorer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Question: How to change the default BACnet port (47808) in CAS BACnet Explorer?
Answer: You can change the default BACnet port for CAS BACnet Explorer in the settings dialog. The default BACnet port is  47808 or 0xBAC0 (HEX)
Note: You can change the default port that wireshark uses to detect and decode BACnet messages. See this artile [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chipkin.com/articles/how-to-change-the-default-bacnet-port-47808-in-cas-bacnet-explorer</link>
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		<title>Benefits of Subnets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article only explains some of the benefits of subnets, not how to implement a subnet.
1. It provides security.
In larger companies, employees must be able to communicate with other employees from that department. Subnetting allows for the department to have its own subnetwork. Depending on how many departments the company has, each one can have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chipkin.com/articles/benefits-of-subnets</link>
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		<title>Using Eclipse with Arduino Duemilanove</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Arduino IDE is good for simple projects, but as soon as you start building more complext mulit file projects it just not up to the job. Eclipes on the other hand is free, powerful, and full-featured development environment that can be set up to work with AVR and Arduino. Arduino&#8217;s website has some decent instructions on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chipkin.com/articles/using-eclipse-with-arduino-duemilanove</link>
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		<title>CAS BACnet Explorer USB/Software activation problems</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some common problems with activating CAS BACnet Explorer with the USB or Software product keys. This article is based off of CAS BACnet Explorer v2.01aH
Software product key
Err #3: invalid product key. Please request a new product key 

The software key is long and complicated, do not try and type it in manually. Instead you should copy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chipkin.com/articles/cas-bacnet-explorer-usbsoftware-activation-problems</link>
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		<title>How do I reset CAS BACnet Explorers settings to the defaults</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Question: How do I reset CAS BACnet Explorers settings to the defaults
Answer: 
Delete the settings.xml file found in your computers documents folder.
C:\Users\&#60;user&#62;\Documents\CAS BACnet Explorer\Settings.xml
The settings and debug files for CAS BACnet Explorer are saved in to your computers documents folder.

Settings.xml &#8211; This is the main settings file, Delete this file to reset CAS BACnet Explorer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chipkin.com/articles/how-do-i-reset-cas-bacnet-explorers-settings-to-the-defaults</link>
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		<title>Useful tools and applications for Modbus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a useful list of tools to use with Modbus devices:

CAS Modbus Scanner (download)

Allows us to retrieve coils, inputs, holding registers, and input registers from a Modbus enabled device.


Modbus RTU Parser (download)

Allows us to analyze an RTU message and see what type of message it is, if there are any errors, what device the message [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chipkin.com/articles/useful-tools-and-applications-for-modbus</link>
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		<title>Broadcast traffic is being blocked on my network, Can I still use CAS BACnet Explorer?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Question: Broadcast traffic is being blocked on my network, Can I still use CAS BACnet Explorer?
Answer:
Yes, but with some restrictions.
The BACnet discovery uses two services – called ‘Who-Is’ and ‘I-Am’ these messages rely on the use of broadcasts. Without the ability to send broadcast messages on a network, CAS BACnet Explorer will not be able to do the initial discovery of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chipkin.com/articles/broadcast-traffic-is-being-blocked-on-my-network-can-i-still-use-cas-bacnet-explorer</link>
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		<title>SQLite vs mySQL (short summary)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re trying to decide between SQLite and mySQL (which one to use as your DBMS), you must first figure out what you need. These few simple questions should point you in the right direction:

Do you have a storage space limit?

The SQLite library is a mere 250kb, which is perfect for most embeded devices that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chipkin.com/articles/sqlite-vs-mysql-short-summary</link>
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