Hm... looks like that may not be necessary:

In Routeros 3.0rc2:

*) RFC 2217 serial server TCP to serial
   Now you can set the serial port to RFC 2217 server mode and 
   you can use a remote application to communicate/control the serial device.
   Find out more about this protocol at http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2217.html

I see one program out there so far that will redirect the serial port on a 
windows device to point to one of these serial servers... 

http://dir.filewatcher.com/d/FreeBSD/4.3-release/i386/sredird-1.1.8.tgz.20063.html


Anyone tried this?  May make a nice UPS control application as well!



Eric Rogers wrote:
> Have you considered serial extenders?  Then you can centrally monitor
> them all?
>
> Lantronix.com
>
> Eric Rogers
> Precision Data Solutions, LLC
> (317) 831-3000 x200
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Randy Cosby
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 11:20 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [WISPA] Solar controller - snmp or serial?
>
> I'm planning to upgrade from a 30 to 60 amp solar controller soon on one
>
> of our sites when we add more panels / batteries.  This time I'd like to
>
> make sure I get a good, remotely-monitorable (is that a word?) unit.  
> Any recommendations? 
>
> Morningstar Tristar 60 looks good, but I'm not sure yet if the serial 
> console will actually work with anything other than their windows 
> software.  I'd like to be able to hook this up to a mikrotik or cisco 
> serial port to remotely monitor amps in / out, etc. 
>
> Thanks!
>
>   

-- 
Randy Cosby
Vice President
InfoWest, Inc

office: 435-773-6071




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