RS232 to Ethernet Converter Applications
Installing an RS232 to Ethernet converter is ideal for:
- Replace RS232 serial wiring with Ethernet, but keep using devices that were active on the serial network
- Set up a virtual COM port to connect your PC or server to a remote serial device over the Ethernet.
- Communicate with multiple serial devices simultaneously over a network
- Replace an existing serial dial-up modem connection
- Manage serial console ports on servers, routers, switches, PBXs, firewalls, etc. over Ethernet or out-of-band connections.
- Connect your serial PLC or serial signage device to Ethernet.
How to Transmit RS232 Data Over Ethernet?
First known as RS232, this standard was developed in the 1960s to define electrical signals between a communication device and the computer to which it is connected. Standard bodies revised the standards and the nomenclature changed when EIA merged with TIA. RS232 is the most common name, but EIA/TIA232 is the most recent and accurate. Ultimately, they all follow the same standard to specify the interface between data terminal equipment (DTE) and data circuit-terminating equipment (DCE) using serial binary data transmission.