RS232 to IP Converter – With MacGyvered PoE
I’ve been working on connecting to our Bioscript readers…bio metric entry devices. You can upload thumb templates one way…standing at the device with an RS232 cable…not ideal!
What I did was install some RS232 to IP converters. These guys are a little over a eighty bucks each, but they are well worth the money. They map a virtual com port over to a windows or linux machine. This allows us to administer the readers from anywhere! These guys will take up to 24 volt DC so you could use a standard PoE injector, but that’s not any fun!
What I did was to create a couple of special cables. One injects the 24 volts on the brown and blue wires of our cat5 cable, the other stubby wire breaks them back out.
The injector
My mate Jason developed a serial gateway with IP + GSM ability. Check it out here: http://thinkingproblemmanagement.blogspot.com/2010/08/jasons-gateway.html
Your getting duct tape for Christmas Greg. I’m serious.
Why is your name spelled wrong on the water mark?
It truncated my URL…;)