From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 20 06:46:51 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A206106566B; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:46:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dnaeon@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f213.google.com (mail-ew0-f213.google.com [209.85.219.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7263D8FC20; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:46:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy5 with SMTP id 5so5489098ewy.14 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:46:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=TXYTK+Sah6uKQ2SMN2ErEUU/vZnbdLvRfAcdcJP6eak=; b=UO9i1j3E87Bd8+zdt3fLeG8e5AYFLYPV0B70zLPvSdOrAHAtrC0PNUOVEmxq7fURqI qEwU5af4jHNgd+TKyYcebn/CbCaWwAHYVbuX27+ZnyK7zkcHVaKM6kYf2HsSDQjgSTus PGmBSR613DaU9MeEobmJosvkx+JRbPjM9KEP4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=voL83u5C74hIveS6Uv/cLrzG+eZJtl3nXo6k4OctDRalo4oKe36n6+71nVZbbZkfTR 5WD+IKixBwDmH2sfVL0WL1LX1T5vzA1+96TGOvpUQoGDNS3st3TM8JPZ9D8ATLYf1I3u C+AG4nms6ZY63G69q31nsnAwjVmffoOfI2FG0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.88.206 with SMTP id a56mr1119196wef.64.1263970008836; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:46:48 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <717f7a3e1001120714m37aada69gfaa35f0f9b17f435@mail.gmail.com> <44678539@bb.ipt.ru> <717f7a3e1001142234y1de7ae15x6853e3ddcab4add9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:46:48 +0200 Message-ID: <717f7a3e1001192246o4dce4a82q57c05ff3f41b5feb@mail.gmail.com> From: Marin Atanasov To: Ronald Klop Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multiple serial consoles via null modem cable X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:46:51 -0000 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 wrote: > On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:34:17 +0100, Marin Atanasov > 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 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