Serial devices connect with fibre Ethernet

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team May 12, 2006

The PocketPAD FX is a low cost single port serial device server that is designed to connect asynchronous serial RS232 devices to a 100Mbit/s fibre optic Ethernet network.

Multenet, an established global supplier of serial to Ethernet connectivity products, has recently released the PocketPAD FX, which is a low cost single port serial device server that is designed to connect asynchronous serial RS232 devices to a 100Mbit/s fibre optic Ethernet network.

Phil Blain, the company's Sales and Marketing Director says that the PocketPAD FX is currently available at his company's distribution centres.

Based on the ARM9 processor and a Linux operating system, the PocketPAD FX was designed to offer a fibre optic Ethernet interface and a RS232 serial interface.

The device network connectivity offers connections via UDP/IP and TCP/IP.

The serial mode protocols that it supports range from raw and TC500.

The device is web enabled, thus allowing easy configuration via a standard web browser and at the same time allowing multiple network connections to the same serial data stream.

The PocketPAD FX is a stand-alone device that offers a fast, easily configurable and secure connection to serial devices.