Re: [The Stagecraft List] Digest for thestagecraftlist@googlegroups.com - 9 updates in 1 topic

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So, I guess I've sunk into Olde Pharte Dom.  U guys are speaking a totally foreign language.  Telnet, com port, redirect....I'm lost!

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 redirect com port to telnet

Jerry Durand <jdu...@interstellar.com> Jul 20 07:58AM -0700  

Oh Great and Wonderful group mind: Is there a simple way to make a
telnet connection appear as a serial port to applications that don't
speak network?
 
Linux and/or Windows.
 
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Charlie Richmond <charl...@gmail.com> Jul 20 08:12AM -0700  

> telnet connection appear as a serial port to applications that don't
> speak network?
 
> Linux and/or Windows.
 
http://www.kissbox.nl/
 
C-)


 

Ray Gibson <boo...@gmail.com> Jul 20 08:17AM -0700  

This is my favorite and it's free:
 
http://www.perle.com/downloads/trueport.shtml


 

Jerry Durand <jdu...@interstellar.com> Jul 20 08:38AM -0700  

Slight clarification:
 
What I'm looking for is a lot like the virtual COM drivers that make USB
hardware appear as a normal serial port (COMxx: in Windows, USBxx in
Linux). The remote device can NOT have any special hardware/software
running since it's an embedded device that is NOT running any normal OS.
 
Example: I can now telnet to the remote device and get a prompt as if I
was at a serial port terminal. I need to move that functionality to
applications so they think they're talking to a hard-wired port.
 
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Ray Gibson <boo...@gmail.com> Jul 20 08:54AM -0700  

> telnet connection appear as a serial port to applications that don't
> speak network?
 
> Linux and/or Windows.
 
So apparently me ignoring the bounce messages on the main list
finally caught up with me and I was dropped overnight! Thanks Jerry
for mailing to both of them still. :-)
 
http://www.perle.com/downloads/trueport.shtml
 
This program works really well and can turn any client telnet
connection into a local serial port. It can also work in the other
direction and be a telnet server to com port. Be sure to check all the
advanced options.
 
I use this to make GPS ports appears to windows programs from remote
telnet servers.
 
It's free, no crap bundled either. I've only tried the windows version.
 
Ray


 

Ray Gibson <boo...@gmail.com> Jul 20 08:58AM -0700  

> Linux). The remote device can NOT have any special hardware/software
 
Even though they also sell hardware, what I linked to is a
software-only solutions for what you're looking for.


 

Jerry Durand <jdu...@interstellar.com> Jul 20 09:19AM -0700  

On 07/20/2014 08:54 AM, Ray Gibson wrote:
> So apparently me ignoring the bounce messages on the main list
> finally caught up with me and I was dropped overnight! Thanks Jerry
> for mailing to both of them still. :-)
 
Well, you never know when someone is only reading one of them.
 
> telnet servers.
 
> It's free, no crap bundled either. I've only tried the windows version.
 
> Ray
 
Thanks, will look into this.
 
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Jerry Durand <jdu...@interstellar.com> Jul 20 09:32AM -0700  

I'm looking through the documentation while waiting for a 9am
appointment, it keeps talking about setting up the Device Server. I
don't HAVE a Device Server, all I have is a device that will answer a
telnet connection.
 
Guess I need to dig deeper into this.
 
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Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc. www.interstellar.com
tel: +1 408 356-3886, USA toll free: 1 866 356-3886
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Ray Gibson <boo...@gmail.com> Jul 20 09:41AM -0700  

Three more pages down to configuring trueport on the host is what you're
looking for.


 

[Pat Kight]

My Gmail wrote:
> So, I guess I've sunk into Olde Pharte Dom. U guys are speaking a
> totally foreign language. Telnet, com port, redirect....I'm lost!

Heh. Michael, I'm an olde pharte, myself ... but I'm an GEEKY old
pharte. The language they're speaking dates back at least to the 90s...
and while I can't help with the question at hand, I understand what
they're talking about. If you never had to mess with the inner workings
of your network communications, there's no reason you would've needed to
know it.

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Pat Kight
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