31 Jul
2022
31 Jul
'22
11:16 a.m.
I have recently come into possession of an actual
physical terminal that
can
be connected to a device via a standard RS232 (serial) port, so far so
good.
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connected to one of these devices. This involves
crawling around
connecting
the serial cable, doing what needs to be done, crawling back
disconnecting,
rinse and repeat.
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connected to the console server but other telnet
accessible services as
all
the heavy lifting would be done on the bridge. I am ideally looking for a
ready to go, low power device, I can hide away as opposed to setting up a
PC
of my own running some *nix flavor that I know can do this but is way over
kill. Oh yeah and if it is super cheap even better. Thanks!
What about one of these? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DWLS7DP
$11.38, and provides four ports. If that's not enough, you could do a
bi-level multiplex arrangement; 5 of these ($56.90) would provide 16 ports.
Zero power requirements, no software configuration. If it were me, I might
consider buying a two-pole rotary switch with enough positions and solder
one up, but for less than 12 bucks, it's hard to beat this...
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Mark Moulding