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Author Topic: RS232 to IP Alban Birch Film Handler Posts: 63 From: Luxembourg-city , Luxembourg Registered: Jan 2007 posted 01-25-2012 08:40 AM                        Hi again we have above the entrances a screen with a traffic light to tell patrons when they can enter (green), the preshow started (orange) and the movie is running resp. the ushers are cleaning (red). Problem is, the system is controlled by the showtimes and not the actual show. We would have solved this by sending a signal over IP to the trafficlightsystem but since we're using Ymagis-TMS the Servers' network is completely seperated from the rest of the cinema. Is there interface which could convert the signals sent over the RS-232 of the Doremi into an IP-Signal? Thanks  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 01-25-2012 09:15 AM                        http://broadcasttools.com/view_product.php?pid=131 http://www.quatech.com/catalog/rs232_sds.php  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 01-25-2012 07:15 PM                     I and others on F-T have personally used the Lantronix line of converters. http://www.lantronix.com/device-networking/external-device-servers/uds1100.html  |  IP: Logged Harold Hallikainen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 906 From: Denver, CO, USA Registered: Aug 2009 posted 01-25-2012 10:00 PM                        I read the original post again and see my reply was not appropriate for the issue at hand, so I've tried to delete it. Rather than leave this empty... you get this! Harold  |  IP: Logged Alban Birch Film Handler Posts: 63 From: Luxembourg-city , Luxembourg Registered: Jan 2007 posted 01-26-2012 10:07 AM                        Thanks guys I think those devices are a bit expensive for the small result we're gonna have. I did some research and found interfaces at 20 bucks that convert rs-232 to rs-485, which you can simply daisychain with simple 2 wires. Is communication between the doremi and pc over serial doable?  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 01-26-2012 02:35 PM                     Yes, the Doremi has serial automation. Use the Mainboards COM Port on the rear. Check page 75 on http://www.doremilabs.com/downloads/manuals/DCP-2000_and_DCP-2K4_User_Manual_001822_v1_1.pdf - Carsten  |  IP: Logged

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