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Serial Port Proxy Utility Program

 
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stevech



Joined: 23 Feb 2006
Posts: 657
Posted: 29 March 2006, 4:27 AM    Post subject: Serial Port Proxy Utility Program Reply with quote
Zip File attached.

This is a public domain utiltity program. It is trivial to install and use.
It extends a serial port to any network-connected PC.

PC #1 has COM1 connected to a serial device of any kind, and is connected to an (ethernet or wireless) LAN

PC #2 is connected to a LAN (or the Internet) by wire or WiFi, or PC #2 is a PDA. From a DOS window or any terminal emulator supporting Telnet, you Telnet-connect to PC #1, using a particular TCP port number. Now PC #2 sees the serial device.

Any number of serial ports can be so arranged.

And PC #2 can be across the network, if the firewalls permit.

The desired baud rate and TCP port number are stated in a text-editable config file for PC #1.

So just download, unzip to a folder. Edit the config file. Then run the exe. Then on the same computer do a

telnet localhost portnumber

and so on, from a remote computer.

To do so via a home router with NAT, just port-forward from the router to the PC on 192.168.x.y. You'll need to make that PC's IP address static so it is unchanging. Or use your router's "static DHCP" if it has such capability.

Last edited by stevech on 30 March 2006, 2:57 AM; edited 1 time in total
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mikep



Joined: 24 Sep 2005
Posts: 765
Location: Austin, TX
Posted: 29 March 2006, 7:52 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm not quite sure why you posted the ZIP file. For public domain stuff, it should be possible to give a URL and owner for this code. Then we know where to go for help and upgrades.

A quick search reveals that this is the owner http://www.lspace.nildram.co.uk/freeware.html and source code is also available.
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stevech



Joined: 23 Feb 2006
Posts: 657
Posted: 29 March 2006, 17:10 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote
Apologies if I shouldn't have uploaded the public domain zip. I found it at a different site than you referenced.

I thought it would be convenient for the ZBasic users to just grab it here.
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dkinzer
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Joined: 03 Sep 2005
Posts: 2499
Location: Portland, OR
Posted: 29 March 2006, 19:22 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote
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I thought it would be convenient for the ZBasic users to just grab it here.

While it might be slightly more convenient, it is usually preferred to download directly from the original producer or an official mirror site. This is a security issue because it reduces the probability that the download has been compromised.
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