Unfortunately it's not a console connection to the control board, it
requires an application and it is Windows only. Maybe I could put a
Compute Stick out there. It could run it off the generator battery, I
wonder if the voltage drop would be enough that it would reboot when the
Genset cranks. There is a float charger on the battery, so It wouldn't
drain between cycles.
This guy looks interesting
https://www.amazon.com/Coolgear-Industrial-Network-4-Port-Device/dp/B01NCNC3TX/
and takes a 12V input, just hook it straight to the battery.
On 2/1/2018 9:35 AM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote:
BTW... just remembered.. you can also use some of the smaller Mikrotik's with
USB Ports on them as USB/Serial Console access via IP or Wifi.
http://myhomelab.blogspot.com/2014/06/remote-console-with-mikrotik.html
Regards.
Faisal Imtiaz
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Nate Burke" <[email protected]>
To: "Animal Farm" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2018 10:22:16 AM
Subject: [AFMUG] USB over IP
I have a generator control board that is interfaced via USB, it sits
about 50' away from the building. The generator has been acting up on
me, failing it's exercise cycle about every 4 attempts, and there is not
an LCD troubleshooting display to see what went wrong. Plugging in via
USB give you complete control and monitoring through software (windows
only), but it requires pulling the control board out to access the USB
port. I'd like to be able to get access to the control system remotely
by installing a permanent USB hookup, but without having to sit in the
snow and wind with a laptop.
I have found some USB to IP adapters, that range in price from $50-$300,
but they mostly talk about using them as Printer sharing devices. Will
any USB device work with them? I'm guessing that some software is
required on the PC to get the USB to IP Bridge working, so the quality
of the device is probably dependent on that software. It looks like
these devices may be mainly used in VM environments to attach USB
Devices to VMs without going through the physical host. Has anyone
had experience with these devices?
Nate
