[BC] Re: RS232 switching gizmo wanted

[Craig Bowman]

There is software now that, for around $100. you can create virtual 
serial ports which all control one real com port.  As long as each 
device on the serial port is addressable in theory one could run 
multiple devices from the same "physical" port.

Craig Bowman

Xmitters at aol.com wrote:
> Hello:
>
> With Content Depot and all kinds of other neat stuff I have at my station 
> that is RS232 programmable, I would like to find an RS232 fanout swwitch (maybe a 
> RS232 port router would be a better term) that would allow me to remotely 
> connect to a dozen or more RS232 programmable devices. Ideally, there would be 
> one computer at my studio connected to this device, that could be communicated 
> with over PCAnywhere or similar software from a remote location. I could then 
> remotely program my ABR202 demods, Stream Decoders, and anything else with an 
> RS232 port on it :-)
>
> What's out there? I am not plucky with regard to O/S. I can run anything from 
> DOS 6.22 to Win XP/SP2.
>
>
> Jeff Glass, BSEE CSRE 
> Chief Engineer
> WNIU WNIJ
> Northern Illinois University
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