There is plenty of Ethernet-to-RS-232 hardware around if you want to roll your own.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RS232-RS485-to-TCP-IP-Ethernet-Serial-Device-Server-NEW-/301230345289?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4622ba4c49 $19, connect via TCP, TCP Server, or UDP, UDP server. I find surplux Moxa Serial servers on ebay. I got a 24-port 1U RS232 box for $50... Drivers are available for Windows or Linux. 73, Gerry W1VE Gerry Hull, W1VE | Hancock, NH USA | +1-603-499-7373 AKA: VE1RM | VY2CDX | VO1CDX | 6Y6C | 8P9RM <http://www.yccc.org> <http://www.yccc.org/> <http://www.facebook.com/gerryhull> <https://plus.google.com/+GerryHull/posts> <http://www.twitter.com/w1ve> On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Pierfrancesco Caci <[email protected]> wrote: > On 20 July 2015 07:53:04 CEST, "Dr. William J. Schmidt, II" < > [email protected]> wrote: > >Yes you can use it one of two ways... in TCP mode, there is a small > >driver loaded on your PC that creates a pseudo RS232 port on the > >computer that all your existing software connects to. Your software > >thinks it's talking to your radio via RS232... but really that is an > >emulation that gets ported over the Ethernet to the radio (where the > >Ethernet to RS232 server is) and deconstructed into RS232 (RXD and TXD) > >with DTR and RTS for keying. Your computer can be right next to your > >radio or half way around the world and the radio will never know the > >difference. Latency is not a problem. > > > >Second mode is WEB server where the radio is emulated in web pages in > >the onboard web server (eg web page looks like the radio). You can > >change any parameter in the setup or knob on the radio that you could > >via RS232. > > > >No security is provided. Nor is there with the FLEX, Ten-tec, or any > >other radio that has an Ethernet connection currently. I just use a > >Netgear firewall and VPN through it securely. > > > > > >Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ > >PJ2/K9HZ > > > >Owner - Operator > >Big Signal Ranch – K9ZC > >Staunton, Illinois > > > >Owner – Operator > >Villa Grand Piton – J68HZ > >Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I. > >Rent it: www.VillaGrandPiton.com > > > >email: [email protected] > > > William, > The fact that you mention a "driver" makes me think this will be limited > to a certain OS. Please correct me if I'm wrong. > You didn't answer my question about firmware updates to the K3. Will it be > possible to use k3util in the normal way, for doing upgrades, saving and > restoring config, doing the calibration? > How will network latency and packet loss affect critical operations like > firmware uploads? > Pf ik5pvx > > -- > Pierfrancesco Caci > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
