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Article: 13962 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: fdc@columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Mapping COM port to TCP/IP device address
Date: 12 Dec 2002 12:13:12 -0500
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In article <70b5637.0212120656.61ee39a8@posting.google.com>,
Phil <Phil.McDermott@e-ci.com> wrote:
: We are currently using Kermit which is embeddeded into an industrial
: control. The control has a RS232 port which can then be wired to a PC
: COM port and running Kermit 95 to transfer files.
:
: What I would like to do is add a Serial to Ethernet converter device
: (NPort www.moxa.com for example) to the control to eliminate the need
: to run RS232 to the control. The idea is the control could be
: accessed from a PC anywhere on the network.
:
: What I'm not sure about is can Kermit 95 access an IP address directly
: just as it would a COM port. Or do I need to get a driver for Windows
: that maps a virtual COM port to a TCP/IP address that Kermit 95 can
: then access. I understand how Kermit uses Telnet to do access a
: TCP/IP address, but our control does not support Telnet. It only
: supports the Kermit protocol directly.
:
No problem. Kermit can also make connections to raw TCP/IP sockets:
set host /network-type:tcp/ip ip-name-or-address [ port-number ] /raw-socket
- Frank