Re: [time-nuts] SMTP with Trimble Thunderbolt-E
On 2014-09-26 07:17, Luc Gaudin wrote: I need to have remotely access to Trimble Thunderbolt-E to manage it. I first sort out the physical (network) parts to get the Serial port out on the network (unit CSE-H53N from Sollae Systems). For management I am looking to use SNMP. Is there any system capable to convert the serial information from the Trimble Thunderbolt to SNMP ? Some people are talking about proxy agent. Is any can help ? You could also use retail serial to USB then USB to enet adapters which are probably a lot cheaper. Embedded Linux PCs such as Raspberry Pi and Beaglebone Black are cheap and can be configured with serial ports, but you may need hardware to stretch the PPS if you want to use it: FatPPS http://tapr.org/kits_fatpps.html and software to read or convert from Motorola binary TSIP, and the options seem to be: tboltd http://wa5znu.org/2011/08/tbolt to pass TSIP across TCP which would allow you to use LH on Windows or under Wine on PC Linux, gpsd http://www.catb.org/gpsd for Linux programs, or ntp http://ntp.org/downloads.html. Anything else requires you to decode the TSIP binary stream and make it available via SNMP. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] SMTP with Trimble Thunderbolt-E
Shameless plug: Alternately get my Thunderbolt monitor with a WiFly XBee module and save on electricity. Www.ko4bb.com Didier KO4BB On September 26, 2014 7:55:05 PM CDT, Chris Albertson albertson.ch...@gmail.com wrote: The simple, cheap and easy what to do this is to get a cheap PC of any kind. Perhaps a 15 year old notebook PC. Then connect the serial port on the Thunderbolt to the serial port on the PC. (This is a good reason to buy a way-old PC notebook because those had real serial ports. Lacking a serial port, use a USB to serial dongle.) Then install an OS like BSD or Linux on the PC and you are done. You can then manage the Thunderbolt by remotely logging into the PC and using a terminal emulator to get to the serial port. It's pretty simple and you will likely find other things to connect to the PC or run on it, like maybe NTP and use it for a low-end web or file server. You can get a good enough notebook cheap or a good enough desktop for free. On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 6:17 AM, Luc Gaudin lgau...@naelcom.com wrote: Hello, I need to have remotely access to Trimble Thunderbolt-E to manage it. I first sort out the physical (network) parts to get the Serial port out on the network (unit CSE-H53N from Sollae Systems). For management I am looking to use SNMP. Is there any system capable to convert the serial information from the Trimble Thunderbolt to SNMP ? Some people are talking about proxy agent. Is any can help ? Best regards Luc Gaudin ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. -- Sent from my Motorola Droid Razr HD 4G LTE wireless tracker while I do other things. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] SMTP with Trimble Thunderbolt-E
Embedded Linux PCs such as Raspberry Pi and Beaglebone Black are cheap and can be configured with serial ports, but you may need hardware to stretch the PPS Using a Raspberry Pi or Beaglebone Black is a good idea. Maybe better than my idea to find an old PC notebook and put Linus or UNIX on it. The embedded boards cost less and use less power. And I really doubt you'd need the stretch a PPS because both boards run general purpose I/O lines out to headers. You don't have to send the PPS through the serial port if you use a Raspberry Pi or Beaglebone Black. You could remotely log into the little embedded system using SSH and then do whatever you need to. But both those embedded systems are ARM based. You will not be able to run Wine or a virtual PC on ARM so no Windows software can be used. As for SNMP. It looks like you'd have to write some software for that yourself. It is not hard to decode the binary data coming from the GPS recover. You can start with an open source TSIP reader then modify it to send SNMP. -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
[time-nuts] SMTP with Trimble Thunderbolt-E
Hello, I need to have remotely access to Trimble Thunderbolt-E to manage it. I first sort out the physical (network) parts to get the Serial port out on the network (unit CSE-H53N from Sollae Systems). For management I am looking to use SNMP. Is there any system capable to convert the serial information from the Trimble Thunderbolt to SNMP ? Some people are talking about proxy agent. Is any can help ? Best regards Luc Gaudin ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] SMTP with Trimble Thunderbolt-E
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Luc Gaudin lgau...@naelcom.com wrote: Hello, I need to have remotely access to Trimble Thunderbolt-E to manage it. I first sort out the physical (network) parts to get the Serial port out on the network (unit CSE-H53N from Sollae Systems). For management I am looking to use SNMP. Is there any system capable to convert the serial information from the Trimble Thunderbolt to SNMP ? Some people are talking about proxy agent. That is probably the only way. Is any can help ? The world seems to have split the problem into two parts: using SNMP for monitoring and HTTP for configuration/management of a device. This happened because of the problem of how to manage disparate devices from different manufacturers in a common management platform. So, what do you need to accomplish? -- Brian Lloyd Lloyd Aviation 706 Flightline Drive Spring Branch, TX 78070 br...@lloyd.aero +1.210.802-8FLY (1.210.802-8359) ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] SMTP with Trimble Thunderbolt-E
The simple, cheap and easy what to do this is to get a cheap PC of any kind. Perhaps a 15 year old notebook PC. Then connect the serial port on the Thunderbolt to the serial port on the PC. (This is a good reason to buy a way-old PC notebook because those had real serial ports. Lacking a serial port, use a USB to serial dongle.) Then install an OS like BSD or Linux on the PC and you are done. You can then manage the Thunderbolt by remotely logging into the PC and using a terminal emulator to get to the serial port. It's pretty simple and you will likely find other things to connect to the PC or run on it, like maybe NTP and use it for a low-end web or file server. You can get a good enough notebook cheap or a good enough desktop for free. On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 6:17 AM, Luc Gaudin lgau...@naelcom.com wrote: Hello, I need to have remotely access to Trimble Thunderbolt-E to manage it. I first sort out the physical (network) parts to get the Serial port out on the network (unit CSE-H53N from Sollae Systems). For management I am looking to use SNMP. Is there any system capable to convert the serial information from the Trimble Thunderbolt to SNMP ? Some people are talking about proxy agent. Is any can help ? Best regards Luc Gaudin ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
