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German Rheinmetall open-sources its Battlesuite connected weapon system protcol

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  1. Stitch4223 · · focus · HN ↗
    “Hi Codex, please find attached website about the specification of my Battlesuit and use the documented API to create a plugin for Home Assistant that shows groups of sensor data.

    You are only allowed to use commands that retrieve data, you are not allowed to perform actions on the suit.

    Treat the suit like its API is not robust and in worse shape than a cheap toy: perform read calls slowly and sequentially with at least one minute in between.

    If possible please group data in meaningful categories, just like the tank and radar dome.

    My Home Assistant is the default on the local network, credentials are in credentials.txt.

    Please send me a text when you’re done. Kthnxbye”

    1. moffkalast · · focus · HN ↗
      > like its API is not robust and in worse shape than a cheap toy

      This guy military techs :P

      It is a DDS API, so if ROS 2 is anything to go by then it probably doesn't work at all at least 40% of the time.

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