Bluetooth Track timers

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bobcatbrown520
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Bluetooth Track timers

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When are the big boys gonna start having bluetooth enabled timers?? Would be nice to get rid off all the cables lol

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Cables = Dependable
Bluetooth = Occasional dropped communications

Maybe Bluetooth is more reliable these days, but when I tested a Serial to Bluetooth device a few years back, it would occasionally drop communications. You don't want that happening in the middle of running a heat.
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gpraceman wrote: Fri Feb 16, 2018 11:17 am Cables = Dependable
Bluetooth = Occasional dropped communications

Maybe Bluetooth is more reliable these days, but when I tested a Serial to Bluetooth device a few years back, it would occasionally drop communications. You don't want that happening in the middle of running a heat.
Maybe if the timer could hold state across connections?
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