In message <40B362BA.3080908 at xiphos.ca> you wrote:
>
> I want to remotely access a serial port, but I can't just open a shell
> on the remote computer. What I would like to do is open minicom (or
> kermit or pppd) point it to some device local to my computer which then
> bridges through a socket to my funky remote serial port. I can't find
> any references to similar code other than perhaps pty-redir. Sorry for
> polluting this mailing list, but if you can point me towards something
> more appropriate, I would appreciate it.
We're running a modified version of netkit-rsh which allows to use
"rlogin <host> -l <portname>" to connect to a remote serial port; for
example, this config file might be used:
#
# tserver.conf
#
# This file should contain one line for each board.
#
# The first field is the name of the board.
# The next field is the device to which the board is attached.
# Next comes a comma-separated list of parameters in the form
# BAUDRATE,DATABITS,PARITY,STOPBITS,FLOWCONTROL.
#
# port device parameters
#
board1 /dev/ttyS0 19200,8,N,1
board2 /dev/ttyS1 57600,8,N,1,CRTSCTS
board3 /dev/ttyUSB0 9600,8,N,1
board4 /dev/ttyUSB1 115200,8,N,1
If you want I can send you the stuff; if ther eis more interest I can
put it on our FTP server.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
--
Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux
Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87 Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88 Email: wd at denx.de
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