Randy - that is really cool! Thank you for sharing that. I'm certain that will be very useful =)
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Randy Cosby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.serial-port-redirector.com/ - another windows-side client > that looks promising. > > I'd rather have native serial connectivity though, but this may be the > best we can do. > > > Randy Cosby wrote: > > 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: wireless@wispa.org > >> 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 > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
