I totally agree. Personally, I have 4 other serial devices I want to deal with. this gets to be a complete mess if its a hard wired cable.
Oh, and dont move the programming computer. Phil At 10:12 AM 11/15/2002 -0500, David Lesher wrote: >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 > > _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt