Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 19:04:24 +0100 (BST) From: Andrew Gordon <arg-bsd@arg1.demon.co.uk> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cheap PCI multiport serial card for FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <20020709185809.D25196-100000@server.arg.sj.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020709082503.01c267f0@192.168.0.12>
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On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Mike Tancsa wrote: > I have a remote pop where I want to moitor the UPSes that are there. I only > have one FreeBSD box, but a number of devices in addition to the UPS that I > would like to talk to via serial cable. Are there any supported PCI serial > cards that work under FreeBSD ? I dont need high speed cards, just ones > that would do 9600. The hardware does not take ISA cards, so it needs to be > serial. Have you considered using USB serial adaptors instead? I find this makes for more convenient plumbing in some circumstances and is not necessarily any more expensive. Admittedly, there is no intrinsic support for serial<->USB adaptors in -stable, but the code I use for talking to them via UGEN can be found at http://www.arg1.demon.co.uk/freebsd.html The adaptors that I use can be found at http://www.dontronics.com/usb_232.html No particular merit to these over any other (if you can find driver support) - I just used them because I was using the same chips in another project. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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