System Overview
There are three basic ways to use Tibbo's Serial-over-IP devices. Each of the methods described below is fully supported by the Tibbo Device Server Toolkit software with its Connection Wizard — a scenario-based configuration helper that will have your Tibbo device server (board, module) up and running in no time at all.
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Virtual Serial Ports
Our Virtual Serial Port Drivers for Windows and Linux allow you to transparently access your device server's serial port as if it was a real COM port of your PC. Your "serial" PC software won't notice the cheat.
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Direct TCP and UDP links
All Tibbo serial-over-IP devices support standard TCP/IP and UDP/IP protocols. Open a socket and exchange data with the serial port of your device server directly. It's that simple.
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Device-to-device links
Tibbo device servers can talk to each other directly, using standard TCP/IP and UDP/IP protocols. No PC necessary.
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Wi-Fi Support
Our programmable serial-over-IP devices support serial over Wi-Fi, via the Serial-over-IP application.
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Common Features of our Serial-over-IP Devices
- Serial over Wi-Fi (programmable devicess only).
- Configurable via Web browser
(programmable devicess only).
- One to four independent serial ports.
- Full- and half-duplex serial port modes.
- Remote control of RTS, CTS, DTR, and DSR lines.
- Internal EEPROM for configuration storage.
- Detailed status indication via LEDs.
- Setup through the serial port or network.
- HTTP, UDP (DS Manager), and Telnet network setup options.
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- "On-the-fly" commands for immediate serial port configuration change.
- Serial-side "modem" commands for network connections control.
- Direct control of ADSL modems.
- Supported protocols include UDP, TCP, ARP, ICMP (PING), DHCP, PPPoE, LCP, and HTTP.
- Supplied with the Tibbo Device Server Toolkit (TDST) for Windows. The TDST includes Virtual Serial Port Driver (VSPD). A Linux version of the VSPD is also available.
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This list is for reference only. Not all devices support all listed features.
