Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:46:48 +0200 From: Marin Atanasov <dnaeon@gmail.com> To: Ronald Klop <ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multiple serial consoles via null modem cable Message-ID: <717f7a3e1001192246o4dce4a82q57c05ff3f41b5feb@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <op.u6oij7dz8527sy@212-123-145-58.ip.telfort.nl> References: <717f7a3e1001120714m37aada69gfaa35f0f9b17f435@mail.gmail.com> <44678539@bb.ipt.ru> <717f7a3e1001142234y1de7ae15x6853e3ddcab4add9@mail.gmail.com> <op.u6oij7dz8527sy@212-123-145-58.ip.telfort.nl>
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Hello, Using `cu' only works with COM1 for me. Currently I have two serial ports on the system, and only the first is able to make the connection - the serial consoles are enabled in /etc/tty, but as I said only COM1 is able to make the connection. Regards, Marin On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Ronald Klop <ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org>wrote: > On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:34:17 +0100, Marin Atanasov <dnaeon@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Thank you a lot for your feedback! >> >> Now to the real question again, because I'm a little confused now - can I >> still get a usb-to-serial port converter having let's say 8 serial ports >> and >> then connect each machine to the usb-to-serial hub and manage them >> remotely >> from a single location (the host having the usb-to-serial hub)? That way I >> just specify a serial port number and I get to a specific machine? >> >> The model provided by Boris looks nice, and that was my initial idea, but >> I'm not sure if I could get it working under FreeBSD. Is conserver or >> conserver-com able to handle this? I know that cu uses COM1 only, but will >> conserver able to handle serial consoles on different ports, since the >> usb-to-serial port would appear as multiple serial ports. >> > > You can provide cu with the port to connect to on the command line. > > cu -l cuaU0 -s 115200 > cu -l cuaU1 -s 115200 > etc. > > You can not connect several servers on 1 serial port, but you can connect > several servers on several serial ports. With serial-over-usb it scales to > many serial ports. > > Ronald. > > > > >> Thank you and regards, >> Marin >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> wrote: >> >> On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:14:44 +0200 Marin Atanasov wrote: >>> >>> > I'm thinking about the following situation - 1 system acting like a >>> host >>> > with a serial port hub, each port of the hub is connected to a >>> different >>> > machine on sio0, using null modem cables. >>> >>> Along with milti-io serial cards we use multi-usb serial >>> converters, such as SUNIX UTS7009P (7 USB to serial adapter): >>> http://www.sunix.com.tw/it/en/LinkCraft/UTS4009P_UTS7009P.htm >>> >>> -- >>> WBR, Boris Samorodov (bsam) >>> Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP >>> FreeBSD Committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve >>> >>> >> >> >> > -- Marin Atanasov Nikolov dnaeon AT gmail DOT com daemon AT unix-heaven DOT org
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