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Re: [Advert] [BulkBuy] Low Cost RS232 Serial to Ethernet Convertors



On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:03:39 -0000, you wrote:

>http://www.lantronix.com/products/ds/mss100/index.html
>
>They are a device about the size of a cigarette packet that allow a
>serial port to be placed anywhere on your Ethernet network and appear
as a
>'virtual' serial device within Windows using the (free download)
Lantronix
>Redirector software. This means that any RS232 serial device can be
placed
>remotely on your network - even over WiFi 802.11 - and still appear as
if it
>was local attached to your PC.

Hi,

These sound great but after thinking about it a bit more I wonder: if
you have got lots of spare cable in situ ready to connect one of these
to, why not just wire a serial port into that cable directly? Isn't
the beauty of serial transfer that it can go over long distance?

One day I'd like to have serial thermometers and r232 controlled
radiator valves in every room; this device sounds wonderful but would
cost a fortune if I bought one for each room!

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