On 1/4/16 11:01 AM, Christopher Morrow wrote: > On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Michael Richardson > <mcr+ietf@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Bill Woodcock <woody@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> > Oh, and serial ports. Those started out as DB-25, then DB-9, then >> > RJ-45, and now mini-USB, emulating serial ports. People briefly tried >> > bluetooth emulating serial ports, but there were too many ways for that >> > to go wrong. >> >> I learnt recently that the telco's have a term I'd never heard of before to >> describe those serial ports: "craft terminals". > > sometimes 'craft interface' ... Juniper I think even describes their > serialport/front-panel-blinkies in this manner. A craft interface is a directly attached monitoring interface in a CO. it could character based or it could be open/closed. > -chris >
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