Rob3
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| posted on 16/1/12 at 07:21 PM |
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Ubuntu RS-232 Capture
A little off topic i know!
Ended up in a situation at work where a solution to this would be most helpful.
I need to capture RS-232 data from a panel printer, store it in a log file (Can get this far with a Cat).
These need to be separated into 'files' where appropriate (imagine a supermarket printer, needs a file for each receipt). These files need
to be converted or outputted as PDF's.
These then need to be FTP'd off somewhere - I can do this bit also!
Any help or guidance would be most appreciated, if anyone can offer a turn key solution on something like a sheevaplug then this would be
excellent.
Payment waiting for any assistance provided.
Thanks in anticipation
Rob
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ChrisW
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| posted on 16/1/12 at 07:41 PM |
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I can code something like this for you in Perl, but it's not a quick job. Probably a day's work to write, depending on how difficult the
protocol is.
Drop me a u2u if you want to discuss further.
Chris
My gaff my rules
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JonBowden
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| posted on 16/1/12 at 11:08 PM |
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Years ago, I transferred accounts data from an old UNIX system by printing the data to a serial printer but instead of the printer, I had a PC running
a terminal emulation program that saved to a file. The old windows terminal emulaiton program hyperterminal would do this.
If you must use Ubuntu, I'd guess that something similar might be possible
Jon
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JonBowden
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| posted on 16/1/12 at 11:09 PM |
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search for free terminal emulation software
Jon
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