Re: EST3 Communication Protocol

["Norm Mugford" <1alarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mr. BAss wrote:

"Between the three of us, we have over 70 years of software development
experience.  I have
the least programming experience of the team so I write Help systems.
There's a saying that programmers who can't code write Helps."

Another saying is: He who bullshits will always be a bullshitter".

Let's see Mr. BAss....28 years in the business, now more time in
software development and you still have time for the ASA.........

What a crock of shit Mr. BAss.......But then, I still believe in Santa....


Holiday Wishes to All and a Happy New Year

Norm Mugford








"Robert L Bass" <robertbass1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:cYmdnYwAyLlPmxHYnZ2dnUVZ_ternZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> What "company" would that be??
>
> I own more than one business and, given the propensity of several people
> here to go real world I'm not going to divulge the information to you.
>
>> Are you listed as one of the owners?
>
> Yep.
>
>> The poster wants information on EST-3.
>
> I explained that we could write an app to do what he wants.  I didn't
> offer him Edwards' software (which belongs to them).  I doubt the OP is
> going to hire a third party to write a custom app though.  That's the kind
> of project for which a manufacturer will engage a software developer --
> not usually an end user need.  However, if the gentleman wanted some
> assistance in designing his own app, we could help on that without
> violating Edwards' NDA and the cost would be far less than having us write
> the app for him.
>
>> As far as I know "your" software only
>> works with FireShield and the latest
>> revision makes no mention of "your"
>> involvement at all.
>
> It isn't "my" software.  Edwards hired my company to develop it for them.
> It's their package.  We were hired as sub-contractors. There is no reason
> for Edwards to mention us by name.  However, my information is embedded
> all over the Help system.  If you knew the top brass at Edwards they would
> tell you but you probably don't and it's really not your business.
>
> The reason Edwards hired us to do the job was we were the only ones who
> offered to write a "universal" downloader.  Our software is totally
> modular.  It employs XML in such a manner that the software can be
> configured to download virtually any FACP by writing new XML.
>
> We were brought in fairly early in the design stage of the product line so
> I was able to participate in engineering round table discussions (even
> though I'm not an engineer).  This gave me the opportunity to have some
> input not only on the software but also on the hardware from an
> installer's point of view.  That was actually the reason they first
> contacted me.  One of their engineers used to lurk in ASA.  He was aware
> of my background in the industry and took note of my proximity (Edwards'
> office is a few minutes from mine).  He originally asked if I was
> interested in consulting on the user interface for the software.
>
> Over lunch with him and several other engineers we discussed the project
> at greater length.  They intimated that the project was behind schedule
> and they needed it done because the new standards in Canada would soon
> make their existing small panels unusable.  I told them about my other
> business and offered to take the software project off their shoulders.
> They went for it.  After lunch we spoke to the VP and he liked my
> proposal.  A few days later he got the go ahead.
>
> There was one major glitch in the project.  Edwards hired another
> developer (an ex-FBII engineer) to write the firmware.  His work was
> unusable, causing a 2-month delay in the project.  If we had known of his
> incompetence in advance we would have done the firmware as well.  One of
> our team has not only done machine firmware.  He has also written
> compilers.  That's an area of programming that most people never see.
> Between the three of us, we have over 70 years of software development
> experience.  I have the least programming experience of the team so I
> write Help systems.  There's a saying that programmers who can't code
> write Helps. :^)
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Robert L Bass
>
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