Its interesting that this subject has come up. I use IP enabled serial ports daily to communicate to various remote RF devices that I have installed for work using the built-in serial bridge on the Mikrotik routers and also on the Barix IP audio decoders/receivers. As an experiment I had no problems accessing my Nortel GPSTM with one, but I was not able to program a Picaxe.
In my case I use my own software to communicate to the devices as it really is just a simple socket connection but if I need a "real" virtual serial port then I use http://www.eterlogic.com/Products.VSPE.html which works amazingly well. I even wrote a Python script which allows me to access the remote RF gear from the terminal on my Nokia phone. The other day I went on the hunt for a dedicated serial/IP converter for a project and found small OEM style module for $29 US. #230623218564 at the usual place. //Sam _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
