Terminal server? (Kinda.)

2011-03-04 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hey, all. My company's about to open up several locations across the country. We're going to have cash registers on-site -- good ol' RS-232 connections. We're also getting software that can talk to these computers. Now, I know RS-232 is fairly robust, but it strikes me that even it might lose

Re: Terminal server? (Kinda.)

2011-03-04 Thread Drew Van Zandt
There are RS-232 to Ethernet bridges as embedded devices, many of which have (at least) Windows drivers that make them show up as regular old serial ports. http://www.barcode-manufacturer.com/serial-ethernet/ http://www.barcode-manufacturer.com/serial-ethernet/We use Moxas in some of our

Re: Terminal server? (Kinda.)

2011-03-04 Thread Jerry Feldman
Do I read you correctly that you are going to individually wire each RS232 port? How are these locations going to be connected to the home office. I think that RS232 is a max of 50 ft or so. Or are these going to be connected to some in-store modem connected to the phone system or possibly with an

Re: Terminal server? (Kinda.)

2011-03-04 Thread Drew Van Zandt
At low speeds like 9600, I've personally run RS232 2500+ feet. You **should** use RS485 or something more robust, but what you should do and what you have resources for don't always match. --DTVZ On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org wrote: Do I read you correctly that

Re: Terminal server? (Kinda.)

2011-03-04 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
On Fri, March 4, 2011 2:17 pm, Jerry Feldman wrote: Do I read you correctly that you are going to individually wire each RS232 port? How are these locations going to be connected to the home office. I think that RS232 is a max of 50 ft or so. Or are these going to be connected to some

Re: Terminal server? (Kinda.)

2011-03-04 Thread Michael ODonnell
We're going to have cash registers on-site -- good ol' RS-232 connections. We're also getting software that can talk to these computers. [...] [Register] - RS-232-to-USB - [Wall Wart] - VPN - [Home office computer] Trying to read between the lines here: your situation is constrained by

Re: Terminal server? (Kinda.)

2011-03-04 Thread David Rose
Digi port server uses tcp/ip to each site and will support 8 or 16 serial connections On Mar 4, 2011 1:57 PM, Ken Dapos;Ambrosio k...@jots.org wrote: Hey, all. My company's about to open up several locations across the country. We're going to have cash registers on-site -- good ol' RS-232