RE: Standalone CCTV DVRs

[Paul Gordon <paul_gordon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

D'oh! - ignore me, I'm being a dunce!...

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Of course, the host machine wouldn't need to know about the COM ports, -
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e virtual COM port drivers would just be installed directly into the
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So this is a solution that would be technically feasible - provided the
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lated COM ports were "good" - and worked with all the physical
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the various bits of software that need to access them... - I guess it just
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depends on whether or not such a solution is economically feasible... -
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500-odd for a serial-over-IP box would pretty much rule it out of
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n unless & until I win the lottery!

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Paul G.


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> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> From: paul_gordon@xxxxxxx
> Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 18:19:09 +0100
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Standalone CCTV DVRs
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> That's something I'd not thought of, - I've used these in the dim
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> Wouldn't I probably have that same problem with driver support though?
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don't such devices generally require a driver on the machine accessing the
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ports over the LAN to emulate a virtual COM port?
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> The other thing I'd imagine is probably the case, is that I bet an
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network RS232 server would be considerably more expensive than an 8-port P=
CI card...
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> Obviously I was hoping to re-utilise the PCI RS232 card that I already
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ve, but I wouldn't be averse to purchasing some other card / external box,
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> Paul G.
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> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > From: yahoogroupskh@xxxxxxx
> > Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 17:59:43 +0100
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Standalone CCTV DVRs
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> > Paul Gordon wrote:
> > > My original plan was to use ESXi, but I'm almost certain
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> > Is it possible you could use an Ethernet serial server with say 8
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