NetBurner PINK along with Virtual Serial Port

Vito

Hello, I am trying to use the NetBurner PINK module along with some virtual serial port software to allow me to communicate serially with a propeller microcontroller as if it was directly connected to my computer using the prop plug. I plan on using visual basic 2008 express edition to send the serial commands to the virtual com port, and so far i have been using virtual serial port software from hw-group which can be found at http://www.hw-group.com/products/hw_vsp/index_en.html·

Basically i would like to replace an iPocket232 RS232 to Ethernet converter seen here http://www.superdroidrobots.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=753&catid=56· with the NetBurner PINK Module.

Does anyone know if this is possible
·Thanks
-Vito

Chris Savage

Creating a serial connection to the PINK from a PC is not a problem, especially using the Prop Plug. This would allow you serial access to the PINK internal registers, however, remember that the PINK is not a serial/Ethernet bridge. It is a micro-web server. The serial side is used to affect registers via serial command. The web side can affect registers via HTTP post. However there is no convenient way to just send serial data over the Ethernet connection from your serial port unless you’re using UDP and then your packets would be limited to 64 characters and would still require command sequences to be sent serially.

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Chris Savage
Parallax Engineering