I can deal with it if it's only an issue of decoding a byte stream with a simple structure in software, though it would be annoying. But I don't want to get into dealing with some obscure industrial protocols that would require me to spend 3+ digit amounts on specifications, or proprietary clients / servers, or - heaven forbid - some industrial hardware for routing or ingesting data.
I don't have anything against those technologies per se - but I'm just a person doing this for a household, not a plant operator, so I don't want anything that's assuming it'll be a part of 5-digit procurement budgets and multi-person installation projects.
EDIT: I've heard of modbus, my impression is that it's accessible for a hobbyist to read/write/work with, so that by itself is not off the table. I suppose I could even deal with OPC UA (I worked with it professionally, and IIRC, there are some open source implementations for client/servers). I don't know much about other protocols used in the industry.
I don't have anything against those technologies per se - but I'm just a person doing this for a household, not a plant operator, so I don't want anything that's assuming it'll be a part of 5-digit procurement budgets and multi-person installation projects.
EDIT: I've heard of modbus, my impression is that it's accessible for a hobbyist to read/write/work with, so that by itself is not off the table. I suppose I could even deal with OPC UA (I worked with it professionally, and IIRC, there are some open source implementations for client/servers). I don't know much about other protocols used in the industry.