Unnamed Administration sources reported that [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > there has been several messages about programming the kxt by lan via serial > port servers. > > Why??? > > serial cables can go several hundred feet in lenth. I use cat 5 cable with a > breakout on the ends to cary the serial and use hyperterminal to talk to the > tvs100 and collect smdr data using a old pc in the corner. although I use a > switchbox 2 serial ports would work as well.
1) And where there IS a LAN, but installing any more cable will be a ^(**& project? 2) Several hundred feet is not 36 or 136 miles. What are the costs to you, and hence to your customer of: a) logging on from the shop and changing {say} the clock. or b) Scheduling a visit, driving there through Beltway traffic, parking, saying hello, setting up laptop and changing the clock. -- A host is a host from coast to [EMAIL PROTECTED] & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433 _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt