Hi there,

I have seen that The RB have a serial port on, well most of them do, I was working with a friend who connects petrol pumps to computers wirlessly and he was using a device name MOXA http://www.moxa.com/product/NPort_W22502150_plus.htm, it basicaly converts serial to wireless, then there is software on the pc that creates a virtual COM port?

Can mikrotik boards do this?
It would save him allot of time and money, The Moxa also does not support windows 7 which is also a problem?

Thanks

yes, we replaced many moxa's with mikrotik routers... it uses rfc2217 standards. under "/port remote-access" you can set this up.

Just be aware that RBs do not support hardware flow control (RTS CTS) and other signals ...

Oh cool, Cause i worked with a MOXA and it jsut pised me off its so thats good news.

What software do you use on the computer to get the virtual com port through the internet?

Just be aware that RBs do not support hardware flow control (RTS CTS) and other signals ...

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Do alot of the hardware devics need RTS ?

I don't know CTS RTS is used when device is running out of buffers so writes are affected the most as devices are slow. If all you do is read you should be OK.

So what software can i use on windows to create a virtual com port throughthe netwrok to the Mikrotik RB?

We use these:

http://www.digi.com/products/consoleservers/

Not cheap, but you can find them used. They just work.

we use this free:

http://www.hw-group.com/products/hw_vsp/index_en.html

oh thanks for that.

Ok to get it up and running do i need to setup any thing in the mikrotik? or do i just plug in my com device into the RB and the click search button on the software?

google: wiki serial mikrotik


...or


click this link: http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Serial_Co ... cription_2

Ok i know i allways say this,

but the stuff on the wiki does not mean much to me,
From the looks of it, that is talking about using the serial port from the serial side, not just sharing it over the wireless interface? is that simelar?

Ok i found this:
that code you just type in console; it seems to work so far, now i just need to find a serial device to test.

http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Serial_Port_Usage