Hi all,
I am currently working on an alarm project. Thought it would be a good idea to have the server application do its job on the 'anyway' running Dreambox. In order to control a bunch of door switches (via µController's serial interface), I thought of connecting an XPort via LAN to the tuxbox. Can be done using 'socat' creating a transparent serial device: "socat PTY,link=/dev/XPort TCP:<XPORT-IP>:10001"
http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/
XPort® is a compact, integrated solution to webenable any device with serial capability. By incorporating XPort to a product design, manufacturers can offer network connectivity as a standard feature within weeks — so they can be accessed and controlled over the Internet.
http://www.lantronix.com/devic…device-servers/xport.html
Here's the port of socat incl. manual, not including src. Tested on 7020 (ppc):
Regards, Mamba