Re: Re: AVR300 now [ADVERT] Ethernet to Serial Adaptors

[Kevin Hawkins <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Paul,

Yes they have a piece of Windows software called 'Redirector' that
basically maps a serial port within Windows to an IP address and an
MSS100. You  create virtual ports in Windows eg COM7 or COM66 to
accomplish this. Whenever your application opens the port it just uses
the MSS100 automatically, transparently connecting to the Ethernet
serial port and the remote device . The MSS100 can be remote (anywhere
on the internet) indeed two MSS100 can connect to each other to form a
serial tunnel  if you wanted, no PC required.  They also support one to
many operation.

This works with virtually all Windows applications nowadays -
however it is to do with the way the application is written & how it
accesses the serial ports - Anything that runs under recent Windows
versions (postWin 98 -  eg NT XP 2000 2003 ME) should be fine. Some
older apps were able to write directly to serial I/O hardware and bypass
the OS which could cause problems. However there are almost none of
these apps now remaining.  These work well with HomeVision, Comfort,
Meteor CID, Alarm panels, HiFi Amps, VIOM , printers etc.  If anyone
ever had a problem with a  particular application I would always refund
anyway- but so far I haven't had a single return and there's a couple of
hundred out there in UKHA land .

BTW  Laser have them on their site to for anyone who prefers to purchase
using credit cards.

Kevin

Product details on the Lantronics site here *

http://tinyurl.com/3spjh*



Paul Gale wrote:

>Refresh my mind Kevin - do these come with a Windows driver to allow a
serial application to access them over the network? Do they work with any
application?
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>Ta,
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>Paul.
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Kevin Hawkins [mailto:lists@xxxxxxx]
>>Sent: 08 October 2004 01:05
>>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: AVR300 now [ADVERT]
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>>And I have a bunch of them from a previous bulk buy still at £49 if
>>anyone's interested....
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>>Basically they are Ethernet to Serial Convertors
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>>Tony Butler said...
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>>really...... And if you used a MSS100 you could access it across
your
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>>>network!
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>>A what???
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>>... The funny thing is that Tony has actually got a  couple of
these
>>!... ;-)
>> one of those days - the excitement of a new Arcam/Denon toy
playing
>>tricks on the memory
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>>K
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>>alanmiddleton74 wrote:
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>>>It allows you to access serial devices over the network -
>>>http://www.lantronix.com/device-networking/external-device-
>>>servers/mss100.html
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>>>hth,
>>>
>>>Alan.
>>>
>>>--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Steve Abbott"
<steve.abbott@f...>
>>>wrote:
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>>>>Sorry if this is a dumb question, I've had a hard day!
>>>>
>>>>What's a MSS100 ?
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: rectorydp [mailto:dpullen@f...]
>>>>Sent: 07 October 2004 14:21
>>>>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>>>Subject: [ukha_d] Re: AVR300
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Tony
>>>>
>>>>--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, lists@a... wrote:
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>>>>>>should be relatively easy to write a connector for
the Arcam
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>>>that
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>>>>>>runs on a PC that is connected to the Arcam. The
connector
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>>>could do
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>>>>>>all the work of converting between the Arcam
protocol and
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>>>xAP/xPL.
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>>>>>hmmm....
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>>>>really...... And if you used a MSS100 you could access it
across
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>>>your network!
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>>>>>>bonus as I have found very few AV receivers with
the
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>>>capability. The
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>>>>>>serial commands are documented in the user guide
that you can
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>>>get
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>>>>>>from the support area on their website. The
implementation is
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>>>not
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>>>>perfect but
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>>>>>excellent!
>>>>>This sounds more and more like a winner here....have
you found any
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>>>>decent
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>>>>>prices on it.  Best I could get was £1200 on the web
somewhere....
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>>>>I think you will struggle to find much of a discount. The
number of
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>>>dealers is limited - not nearly as extreme as Naim but there
are few
>>>that will do significant discounts. On the bright side at least
you
>>>are unlikely to feel you missed out on a Bargain(TM) by finding
it at
>>>much lower price after you have purchased :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>BR
>>>>David
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