On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Joseph Spenner <joseph85750@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>Do you need a real serial port involved at all? It sounds like what
>>you really want is a linux device that looks like a tty in terms of
>>accepting ioctl's from a program that thinks it is a serial port, but
>>actually accepts a tcp connection. I suppose you could rig a
>>loopback cable and actually have a separate program writing to the
>>serial port with the loopback returning it to your listening
>>application.
>>
> Les:
> Actually, no-- I do not really need a physical "port". It could all be virtual.
What does the actual application do? If it is just collecting/logging
data - or even something slightly more complicated you might be able
to replace it with kermit (ckermit package in EPEL) which can work the
same way on serial or tcp connections.
But, I think socat will do what you need if you can make it connect a
PTY (perhaps with optional symlink name) with a TCP4-LISTEN, and have
your application open the pty.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
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