[aprssig] Protcol convertor

[Rick Green]

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Andrew Rich wrote:

> Gudday
>
> I have been given the task of understanding a serial to ethernet box.
>
> It runs unix and has daemons.
>
> It has a very detailed API spec.
>
> The docs outline the API system calls.
>
> So what do you do ? My experience extends to Visual Basic API calls.
>
> Are UNIX ones the same ? You aim a command at a port on a running daemon ?
>
> This box is supposed to compress 16 RS232's down to ether.
>
> It wouldn't just pump out data ??
>
> Cheers
>
> Andrew VK4TEC

There are a myriad of different implementations of 'serial to ethernet', 
so you'll have to give us some more specific information.  Make/Model?
Application? - Do you want to Telnet across the net to a serial device? 
Do you want a 'virtual' serial port on your local machine to talk to  the 
real serial port & device on your serial concentrator at some remote 
location?

-- 
Rick Green, N8BJX

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