Hex Character Breakdown of FCI Terminal Output

Here is a breakdown of the terminal output of panel messages from FCI E3 and S3 Panels. Local: Pull Station FIRST ALARM AMM_Pull_Stat L1M001 00:14:52 01/01/11 0x0d 0x0a 0x4c 0x6f 0x63 0x61 0x6c 0x3a 0x20 0x50 0x75 0x6c 0x6c 0x20 0x53 0x74 0x61 0x74 0x69 0x6f 0x6e 0x0d...

Hacking Gamewell/FCI E3 and S3 Passwords

Over the years I managed to learn a little bit about programming the FCI E3 and S3 panels. Using Camworks has always been a bittersweet experience and sometimes made me want to throw my laptop into the trashcan along with the fire panel I was working on….So far...