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RE: Embedded web server with serial out?



At the moment, the server's in the wrong room...
 
... as part of the future design, the server will be in the wrong country :-)
 
I really do need something addressable over ethernet, I'm afraid, partly because I want a single Intranet across "sites", and VPNing the local internet connections is the way to go.
 
This is all a bit long-term, we are still looking at potential building sites for location 2. We thought we'd found one, but this was a couple of weeks before we discovered Mary was pregnant, so we decided that making large purchases was probably worth delaying :-)
 
Regards,
 
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Mick Furlong [mailto:hiltoneltd@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Wed 05/06/2002 09:37
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
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Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Embedded web server with serial out?

Mark
 
as this will be driven from cgi on your intranet server then why not use the serial ports on said server? The fact that it is not silent doesn't come into it as I assume the system runs 24/7 anyway.
 
Mick
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 05 June 2002 09:16
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d] Embedded web server with serial out?

Mick,
 
Sorry, I guess I should refine the spec with the words:
 
6: Small
7: Silent
 
:-)
 
Siteplayer looks possible. Anyone actually using one?
 
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Mick Furlong [mailto:hiltoneltd@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Tue 04/06/2002 21:44
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Cc:
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Embedded web server with serial out?

A 486 or very low end pentium PC running win95 and something like girder ?
 
1 yup in fact more than one if you want
2 yup
3 yup or even several ports
4 yup
5 yup if you can find them
 
Alternatively you could do this with a Tini, siteplayer or rabbit although all of these would need software and probably hardware development work.
 
Mick
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 04 June 2002 21:37
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: [ukha_d] Embedded web server with serial out?

I have a use for a "thing" with the following characteristics - does such a thing exist?

1: Ethernet port
2: DHCP, or the ability to hard-wire an IP address
3: Serial port
4: Ability to send arbitrary serial commands out on the serial port in response to network requests
5: Vanishingly cheap

When I say "network requests", I mean something that either an http client, or a Windows command-line so CGI-script on my intranet server (need not be http) could send.

Something that came with a 32-bit windows application that went

> SerialSend <IP-address> <String>

would be ideal :-)



I have a couple of devices around the house that can be serial-controlled, and would like to control them over ethernet...

The serial control requirements are typically simple, but it _mustn't_ be something hard-wired into the device at "programming time" - it must be capable of modification on the fly...

Regards,

Mark

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