Other Devices Setup - Perle IOLAN + Rack User And Administration Manual

8.1 Reverse
Telnet Port
Configuration

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IOLAN+ is a very versatile product and can handle a lot of
creative applications. This section deals with setting up
printers and data acquisition type equipment, including retail
point-of-sale equipment. Many types of RS-232 equipment
can be attached including:
• Retail point-of-sale (POS) equipment
• Maintenance ports on network equipment
(for monitoring)
• Making terminals with 'fixed ttys'
• Manufacturing equipment
IOLAN+ accomplishes this by using a reverse telnet
connection. On Unix you utilise the ioland software
supplied on the Perle CD. For Windows
support section of the web sites for the latest support
software for dial-out applications.
This setup is used when you need to access a serial port from
the network. For example you might want to collect data
from a serial device such as a barcode scanner, POS
terminal, etc. Or you can tie a login to a specific Unix tty
device (using ioland ). For Unix you use the Perle utility
ioland . For Windows
Other Devices Setup
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