Re: Ethernet-to-RS232

[Ned Arnold <nda@aps.anl.gov>]

Here's a paper from ICALEPCS07 that describes running an EPICS IOC on  
the Moxa-box ... pretty cool.

http://cern.ch/AccelConf/ica07/PAPERS/WPPA06.PDF


   Ned


On Jul 8, 2008, at 2:46 PM, Steve Shoaf wrote:

> Dave,
>
> At the APS we have been using the MOXA Nport serial device servers.   
> They come in 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 port versions.  We use the 5410 4- 
> port model the most which costs around $400.  We've been using them  
> for several years and they work fine.
>
> http://www.moxa.com/product/External_Device_Servers.htm
>
>
> Steve Shoaf
> Advanced Photon Source
> Controls Group
>
> On Jul 8, 2008, at 2:17 PM, Dave Reid wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone...
> >
> > We are looking for an Ethernet-to-RS232 device that we can use in a  
> > manner similar to the Agilent GPIB gateway, meaning using ASYN to  
> > send messages out over our network and then out to RS232 devices.
> >
> > Is anyone else doing this?  Have a product that they've had good  
> > results with or any to avoid?
> >
> > Thanks...
> >
> > dave reid
> > University of Washington Medical Center