RE: Menus and xAPNews etc.

[Ian B]

I haven't really looked at this yet so I will take your word for it. There
are loads of problems with anything Ethernet on embedded if you have to
write it yourself. Bummer

Ian

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> > On a network note - if these screens are network enabled e.g.
using an
> > xPort they will have an IP address. How does this work in
broadcast
> > mode?
> > Two devices will have two different IP addresses - will I have to
send
> > to
> > each in turn or does it work in some other way? Sorry for the
lack of
> > TCP/IP knowledge here. An xPort by the way does all the TCP/IP
stuff
> > and
> > passes the received data to the attached device (my screen)
>in a serial
> > format.
> >
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>Not sure how you are envisaging using xPort - it is basically a web
server
>and a serial pass through. Along with Lantronix's port redirector you
can
>effectively use the remote serial port on the xPort as if it were
local. If
>you were wanting to provide a direct bridge function to Ethernet
there's a
>bit of work to be done here - for example udp support (I believe
>the inbuilt
>serial is tcp) plus port usage plus packet formation - you might be
able to
>get a workable xAP solution - I haven't got far enough to know either
way.
>It was one of my choices when I was PIC based but for the Rabbit it was
not
>needed. The xPort provides no on board scripting - when you us it as a
web
>server with any form for dynamic pages or serial interaction for
example it
>needs Java to do anything clever - effectively running client side.
>
>I don't think that Lantronix make their serial protocol available so
>probably the alternate way of xAP Ethernet enabling a device (if you
can't
>do it fully embedded) is to have a hub on the PC that supports a
>serial port
>redirected using the Lantronix software to your device via the xPort .
I
>think that should work OK ! I must admit I have not played much with
mine -
>just using them as serial servers really.
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> Kevin
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