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ETHERNET-TO-SERIAL CONNECTIONS: A WIDE RANGE OF APPLICATIONS
Introduction
SERIAL DEVICE SERVER BENEFITS

S

erial device servers have become an essential part of connectivity infrastructure, and given
their versatility, low cost, reliability, and ease of use that is no surprise. Serial device servers
address a number of the limitations of simple serial connections: they make it possible for
numerous users to access a particular serial device, they make it possible to control an unlimited
number of serial devices from a single computer, and they make it possible to overcome the cable
length limitations inherent in standard serial connections.
This white paper outlines a variety of real-world applications of LAVA Ether-Serial Link serial
device servers. These uses demonstrate the range of places where Ethernet-to-serial interfaces
offer the benefits described above, and in addition at times show other benefits as well.

Backward Compatibility
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older serial devices plug directly into serial
device servers
conventional network hardware is used
software works without alteration

Ease of Use
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works just as if the serial port were internal in
the computer
once operating, the interface is transparent
to the hardware, software, and user

Longer Distances
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serial device servers eliminate the 50 foot
cable limitation of RS-232

More Connections

Ethernet-to-Serial Background
A little background on what serial device servers are and how they operate will provide a useful
context for the applications described in this white paper. Serial device servers are simple in
concept: they take data from a serial port, wrap it up for sending over Ethernet (“packetize” it),
and transmit it to an Ethernet address. They also receive similarly packaged data from the
Ethernet, unwrap it, and send that data out their serial port or ports.
In doing so, a fair bit of behind-the-scenes technology comes into play, as the data needs to be
handled in ways that are ultimately transparent to the serial devices and software involved.

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unlimited numbers of users can now access a
serial device
a computer can now manage an unlimited
number of serial devices

Sophisticated Management
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ability to remotely configure port settings
ability to control users’ access to serial ports
ability to see all serial connections in a
coherent interface

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The table below summarizes the contents of this white paper, which are really just the tip of the
iceberg.
Customer

Application

Benefits

Atlas POS

ECR polling; modem replacement

greater reliability
simpler configuration
ability to eliminate a dedicated phone line for modem use

Hennepin County Library

ECR polling; modem replacement

centralized control
overcoming geographical limitations

Ether-Serial Link 1-422-RJ45

industrial applications

effective noise rejection
able to supply power on serial port

Pier1 Imports

door sensor integration with POS system

LAVA-modified firmware to suit customer need

Opal

kiosks and vending machines

SSL security

Industrial control

factory automation

DOS commands piped over Ethernet

Detroit Institute of Arts

climatological monitoring

overcoming geographical limitations
remote monitoring

Video systems integration

television remote control

centralized flexible control
eliminates expensive signal amplifiers
reduces cabling

Dakota Security Systems

ECR to video server

serial data format conversion

Remote monitoring (SCADA)

power meter to LAVA Ethernet-to-POTS

modem replacement to connect to cellular router

I3 International Inc.

DVR security system

embedded application for high reliability

Innovative Control Systems

car wash control

custom hardware for harsh environment

Tyco/ADT

RFID handset reader

Ethernet-to-TTL custom embedded hardware

A Sneak Peek at LIPS: the LAVA IP
Socket
In addition, this white paper looks forward to a product infrastructure currently in development at LAVA — the LIPS system (LAVA IP Socket). This
is an offshoot of the LAVA Ether-Serial Link design that presets a generalized IP socket to provide versatile interfacing for custom development.
Potential application scenarios are discussed near the end of this paper.

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Atlas POS

Atlas POS, a POS integrator specializing in
Sharp ECRs, operates throughout Canada
from Vancouver to Newfoundland. They have
now used LAVA Ether-Serial Links and HQ-ST
Plus Links in numerous POS polling
applications. They focus on POS installations
for cafeterias, and have sold systems to
colleges, universities, and hospitals, as well as
to companies such as BMW and Rogers. In
these applications serial device servers are
essentially replacements for dial-up
modems, offering greater reliability, simpler
configuration, and the ability to eliminate a
dedicated phone line for modem use.

Links and HQ-ST Links that he installs. His
observation is that for installations where the
requirement for complex cash registers is
high, as when an organization has a large
number of inventory items to manage, the
ECRs and POS systems are Ethernet ready. By
contrast, when the cash register
requirements are simpler or stores are
smaller, IP-enablers make more sense.

Typical installations for Norm include EtherSerial Links for polling Sharp ER-A420 cash
registers, polling with Skantalk software, at
the Royal Conservatory, Toronto; HQ-ST Links
polling Sharp UP600 registers in the Sweet
Tooth Candy Emporium chain, and Sharp ERA520 cash registers being connected with
Ether-Serial Links in the Old Forum Inn,
Cambridge, ON.

Figure 1: Sharp ER-A520

Norm prefers the ease of use he finds in the
LAVA products to some of the more difficult
to use products on the market.

When the library looked to connect their
Electronic Cash Registers (ECRs) to a central
location they chose a solution offered by
local reseller American Metro Cash Register
that included LAVA serial device servers.
Attached to each in-branch gift shop/book
store ECR, the LAVA Ether-Serial Links made it
possible to poll each of the stores
throughout the library chain. This system
allows them to do everything from
monitoring end-of-day sales to doing onthe-fly lookups of items and prices.

Figure 3: Hennepin County Library

Norm Puig at Atlas sees increasing need for
machines that require networking, either
natively in the machine, or through IPenabling technology such as the Ether-Serial

Gift Shop ECR Polling over IP
Hennepin County Library in Hennepin MN
has been recognized as one of the top
libraries in the United States. The 41-branch
library system had 5.8 million in-person visits
and almost 20 million Internet visits to their
library in 2010.
Figure 2: LAVA ESL 1-232-DB9

© LAVA Computer MFG Inc.

Ether-Serial Link for Industrial: 1-422-RJ45
The new LAVA Ether-Serial Link 1-422-RJ45 provides one RS-422 enabled serial port, accessible over Ethernet. It has configurable RS-422
termination and bias settings, as well as being able to supply 5 VDC or 12 VDC to attached peripherals that are designed to receive power on their
serial ports. The diagram below shows the internal module and its jumper settings.
The ESL 1-422-RJ45, like all LAVA Ether-Serial Links, has a wide range of serial port modes, full serial and network configurability, and complete
security settings for both the device and individual serial ports.

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Figure 4: LAVA Ether-Serial Link 1-422-RJ45 interface module

RS422 provides advantages of particular value in industrial and electrically “noisy” environments as it is much less susceptible to electrical
interference, and is capable of long cable runs without loss of signal integrity. The fact that the ESL 1-422-RJ45 can provide 12VDC or 5VDC on its
serial port means that suitable peripherals can operate without the need for a separate power supply, such as the cumbersome “wall warts” that
crowd power bars and wall outlets.

Sensor and POS Integration
In March 2006 Pier 1 imports, a top American
home furnishings retailer, sold its Englandbased business “The Pier” to Lagerinn ehf., an
Icelandic group. Lagerinn went on to own,
operate, and grow the group to 32 stores and
17 concessions in the UK, sourcing and
selling distinctive furniture and household
accessories. It had a small IT department: one
head of IT and a staff of nine people. Lean
was the word!

The British operation used an older but costeffective POS system and was constantly
looking to leverage its existing IT
infrastructure. They asked LAVA to design a
unit that would work with their existing
front-end equipment from Toshiba TEC, but
that also would integrate with door sensors
and software to detect and count customers
entering the stores. As complications, some
stores had multiple doors and the data had
to be accumulated internally on the devices
before being centralized. LAVA modified one
of our existing Ethernet-to-serial device
servers to work with the dry contact sensors
already installed in “The Pier” stores. LAVA
first tested the device in our head office, then
piloted the system in several UK stores, and
finally worked with a local system integrator
— Readycrest Ltd. — to roll out the system
throughout the chain.

Figure 5: Pier1 store

© LAVA Computer MFG Inc.

IP-Enabling Kiosks and Vending Machines
Opal Manufacturing Ltd.
has been designing and
manufacturing vending
solutions for over 70 years
and is a global leader in
the delivery of prepaid telecom products,
transit ticket dispensing, postal booklet
vending, prepaid debit card vending, PIN
vending, prepaid IP access, and self service
bill pay applications.
Opal’s primary focus has been in producing
equipment for vending prepaid telecom
products, namely cards for long distance
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calling, cards for mobile top up, PIN printing
at the time of sale and real time on-line
account top up. When Opal wanted to add
TCP/IP functionality to their remote vending
machines, especially telecom prepaid kiosks
they turned to LAVA. As well, we added
another level of security beyond the
standard ones already present in the
technology to make sure that the financial
transactions that were being processed were
being done securely.

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Figure 6: Opal kiosk

Opal chose LAVA because engineering,
manufacturing, and technical support are
located in Toronto, Canada, close to Opal’s
operations. Secondly, LAVA developed a
product to their exact specification that is
delivered to them on a just-in time [JIT] basis.
Finally, the LAVA Lifetime Warranty
guaranteed that the product would remain
very cost-effective and spoke to high
reliability — crucial considerations,
especially since the final finished product is
shipped to many remote locations in the
world.

Piping DOS over Ethernet
A little-known fact: DOS commands can be sent through LAVA Ether-Serial Links. And it’s actually simple to do. With an Ether-Serial Link
configured in Windows Driver mode, and with its port activated as usual, all you need to do is pipe DOS data (using the conventional DOS
redirection command “>”) to the serial port of the device server, which will send it to the target device. The diagram below shows this setup
connecting a DOS application to a piece of factory equipment.
Figure 7: LAVA Ether-Serial Link: DOS interface to factory equipment

This concept is easy to test, as the diagram below shows. While a two-device setup is used to demonstrate this concept, only one Ether-Serial Link
is needed to actually send data to a peripheral, as we saw above. In the diagram below, the DOS application on the left is sending data to the serial
device server on the left, by piping its data to COM 4.

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Figure 8: LAVA Ether-Serial Link: DOS commands over IP

That Ether-Serial Link is connected to the serial port of the Ether-Serial Link on the right, which is in turn monitored by Hyperterminal. DOS
commands piped to COM 4 are received at COM 5.

Remote Climatological Monitoring
The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) is a renowned art museum in the city of Detroit. In 2003, the DIA ranked as the second largest municipally owned
museum in the United States, with an art collection valued at more than one billion dollars. It encloses over 100 galleries and now covers 658,000
square feet (61,130 m²); a major renovation and expansion project completed in 2007 added 58,000 sq. ft. (5,388 m²).

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Figure 9: Detroit Institute of Arts

And even with that, not all its collections are currently on display. They are storing other materials off-site. When the DIA Operations people want
to check and control the temperature in an off-site location they use a serial device server — the LAVA Ether-Serial Link (ESL) — in Windows Driver
mode to access that information.

RS-232 Remote Control of Televisions
LAVA was approached by a video systems integrator who was operating a collection of televisions dispersed throughout a convention center. The
televisions were controlled on their RS-232 ports. Control codes sent through the serial ports gave him basic operation of the televisions. His
original design had serial cables using signal amplifiers, led back to a switchbox, which in turn went to a computer.
He was looking to reproduce his deployment in another location, and wanted a less expensive design. Ether-Serial Links gave him the ability to set
up a cheaper and more flexible configuration. He was able to eliminate the signal amplifiers, and in places where the televisions were in a bank, he
was able to control them with a multi-port serial device server. Doing so meant he needed fewer Ether-Serial Links, and less network cabling as
well.

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Figure 10: LAVA Ether-Serial Links as TV remote control interfaces to IP

Many types of consumer electronics, not just televisions, are controllable on their serial ports. LAVA Ether-Serial Links make controlling those
devices remotely a snap. Hobbyists have cleared many of the obstacles of out the way. The process of controlling a TV (or monitor, in the case of
digital signage) is fairly straightforward, and in some cases people make freely available the code that they use to control their devices, using
attractive and intuitive interfaces and full command sets.
Serial control of televisions is discussed at sites such as:
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http://www.remotecentral.com/cgi-bin/mboard/rs232-ip/list.cgi [discussion forum on TV control over RS-232 & IP]

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http://mozkey.blogspot.com/2009/03/c-samsung-tv-remote-with-serial-rs232.html [source code for Samsung TV remote control]

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http://www.veg.nildram.co.uk/remote.htm [Toshiba hobbyist, with infrared interfacing]

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http://support.gateway.com/s/Manuals/Desktops/8508947/8508947.htm [Gateway example control codes]

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http://www.kucher.org/projects/tvcontrol/ [Sony hobbyist]

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http://www.avforums.com/forums/lcd-led-lcd-tvs/607393-rs-232-control-lcd-tv-pc.html [general forum discussion]

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http://mythtvblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/controlling-sharp-aquos-tv-via-serial.html [blog on controlling Sharp Aquos: detailed]

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http://www.rdex.net/projects/lg_tv/ [hobbyist controlling an LG TV]

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http://openlgtv.org.ru/wiki/index.php/Main_Page [a wiki & forum community for modding LG TVs (European firmware)]

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http://rs232codes.com/ [article on using RS232 codes to control consumer electronic equipment]

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http://hackaday.com/2011/07/21/lg-tv-hacking-via-serial-connection-or-ir-codes/ [the hacking community especially likes playing with LG
televisions, as they are Linux-based]

Using the Ether-Serial Link as a Serial Data Format Converter
Here’s an interesting use for the LAVA EtherSerial Link: as a generalized serial data format
converter.

match, the communication either failed, or
the data was garbled.

A quick search on the web shows that people
have a variety of needs for converting one
RS-232 data format to another, for a variety
of reasons, and the solutions are usually
cumbersome.
For example, one might want to connect two
serial devices that communicate at different,
fixed baud rates, or with different parity
settings. Without converting the serial data,
these devices will not communicate. Some of
us remember this problem arising back in the
bad old days of dial-up networking, when
modems’ settings needed to be matched in
parity, baud rate, data bits, parity, stop bits,
and flow control settings. When they didn’t

But at least you could set the modems to do
what you wanted, if you knew what you
wanted, knew how to do it, and had access to
the modems (no small set of qualifications).
But at other times, the hardware you want to
connect cannot be changed: the serial port
settings are locked. In these situations,
resolving the connectivity problem has
usually meant either coding software to do

the specific job needed, or hunting down a
piece of hardware to do the conversion
(again, just for that specific task).
A case in point: Pete Eirikson, a Commercial
Project Manager for Dakota Security
Systems, Inc. contacted LAVA for a solution to
an existing customer problem. They needed
to get a cash register (in 7-bit mode) to
communicate with a video server (in 8-bit
mode) over serial, where both devices are
fixed and not able to change their respective
data bit sizes. The solution was to install a
Lava Ether-Serial device server on each serial
connection and then use our devices to
convert the 7-bit data from the cash register
to 8-bit data for the Dakota video server.

Figure 11: LAVA Ether-Serial Link as serial data formatter

© LAVA Computer MFG Inc.

The Ether-Serial Links are each set in Data Connect mode, with each “pointed” at the other’s IP address and TCP port number. Because the serial
ports of the two devices do not need to be set to the same port settings (they can differ on any combination of port settings in fact), the EtherSerial Links must — and do — manage the translation between ends of the connection.
What this means is that the Ether-Serial Links can provide a transparent means of interconnecting devices with disparate serial port settings. This
of course is particularly useful when the devices in question cannot have their serial port settings altered, or not altered to match each other.
A fringe benefit of this method of connecting devices in Data Connect mode is that the devices in question now also can be situated at any
distance from each other, from near placement to any distance over the Internet.
In the case of converting 7-bit serial to 8-bit serial for Dakota Security Systems: problem solved.

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Wireless Connection to Power Meter
While not strictly an Ethernet-to-serial implementation, this Ethernet-to-phone design is the equivalent, in that it is effectively a modem
replacement. In this case however, the modem is internal in a power meter, and that modem needs to see the Ethernet as a phone jack. The
ultimate intention is to avoid a wired connection altogether, without replacing the power meter. A customer writes:

“So I want to connect up a power meter wirelessly over IP. It (the power meter) used to connect to a phone line, picked up a phone call, and sent
data back. Here’s what I’m doing:
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power meter connects to LAVA POTS-to-Ethernet box

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LAVA POTS-to-Ethernet box connects to a cellular router

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I connect to the cellular router, which connects to the LAVA box, which “phones” the power meter

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then the power meter sends its data to me over IP

The setup looks like this:
Figure 12: Ether-Serial Link bridging power meter and cellular router

The power meter thinks it’s doing what it always did: connecting to a wall phone jack.”

Ether-Serial Links: Win 7 Embedded
LAVA now has a functioning Windows 7 Embedded install (driver and Ether-Link Manager) for Ether-Serial
Links, at present in an Engineering Release only. Customers looking to use the Ether-Serial Link in a Windows 7
Embedded context will find this of interest.

© LAVA Computer MFG Inc.

This release was developed for a customer who wanted to install the Ether-Serial Link driver on a digital video recorder that uses Windows 7 64-bit
Embedded. A sample system was provided to us for testing. The specific model was an I3DVR w S1200BTL motherboard.

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Figure 13: I3DVR with embedded LAVA Ether-Serial Link

The final version means that the LAVA Ether-Serial Link driver and Manager can be fully integrated in I3’s high-reliability DVR security system.

Car Wash 5 Port Embedded Serial Device Server
Innovative Control Systems had a requirement for serial port control of a number of systems in a chain of automated car washes. In this setting,
moisture and heat were unavoidable, and the device had to be fitted into an existing climate-proof enclosure. LAVA developed a spin of hardware
to meet this need, producing a five-port Ether-Serial Link with a form factor suitable to the customer’s needs. On the firmware level, this product is
virtually the same as our four-port serial device servers.

© LAVA Computer MFG Inc.

Figure 14: LAVA Ether-Serial Link 5-232-DB9 EMB

Because LAVA engineers and manufactures its products in-house, we can meet specialized customer requirements cost effectively and quickly.

Tyco/ADT RFID Embedded RFID Reader
ADT Business Solutions, a division of Tyco, includes in its retail security products RFID security and inventory systems. They needed serial-toEthernet interfacing for one of their portable RFID reader systems. Their specifications were for a compact embedded Ethernet-to-TTL serial
module that could be integrated into RFID base stations. These base stations would in turn seat the portable RFID readers, allowing charging and

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downloading information collected throughout the stores of a large retail chain. Once downloaded, the data was passed over Ethernet to the
store’s network.
Figure 15: LAVA Ether-Serial Link 1-TTL-EMB

© LAVA Computer MFG Inc.

Again, LAVA was able to engineer and manufacture to meet a customer’s needs.

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LIPS: THE LAVA IP SOCKET
We thought we’d devote a bit of space at the end of this white paper to the next major development in LAVA engineering, the LIPS System. It takes
a bit to get your head around the simplicity of LIPS, but here we go: in its essence, the LIPs decouples two aspects of the LAVA Ether-Serial Link
serial device servers — the serial and the Ethernet — and focuses on the Ethernet side. The goal here is to isolate the IP socket’s functionality in as
generalized a manner as possible, and to make it with as flexible an interface as possible.
Why would we do this, and what will it offer to customers?
The idea is to simplify to its most basic the invariant portion on the Ethernet side of the Ether-Serial Link, and at the same time to have it present a
configurable open interface, which at present is a dedicated internal interface to serial only. Doing so will both reduce the cost of this portion of
an IP link, and make it suitable for many more applications.
Figure 16: LIPS System Design Concept

Where in the past when customers have come to us with specific requirements not in our standard product we have answered, “Yes, we CAN do
that but . . . .” we will now much more often be able to respond, “Yes, when would you like it?”
Moreover, the interface will not be limited to serial alone as it has been with LAVA Ether-Serial Links. Those products have been RS-232, RS-422,
and TTL pretty much exclusively. The LIPS design will bring the same benefits to interfaces to parallel, I2C, SPI, Modbus, and others. A couple of
scenarios will help to make clear the flexibility of the LIP System.

RS-232 Splitting over TCP/IP
In one scenario, an airport has a radar system that outputs flight information on RS-232 to a set of twelve printers, on a modem-based system of
phone lines. The airport wants to now configure those connections to send the data over IP. While this sounds simple enough, implementing it
without a computer handling the data splitting before it is sent over IP is not easy. To do so with conventional serial device servers is not possible
without modifying their firmware to do the required splitting task. However, with the LIPS System it’s relatively simple. Looking at the diagram
above, the part that would be modified is the green rectangle marked “Application.”

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Figure 17: RS-232 Split over IP

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RS-485 over UDP
A second application is in the area of lighting and multimedia control. The current technology for professional lighting control — DMX512A — is
essentially a form of RS-485 serial with connnector and cabling specifications intended for the multimedia industry. While this standard has
served the industry well, as time has passed the range and number of interconnections and variables has increased: it’s no longer just a question
of turning lights on and off and controlling dimmers, but of controlling complex devices such as multimedia servers.
Figure 18: DMX 512 Lighting Control

To meet this need, a new IP-based multimedia communications protocol has been created: ACN (The ESTA Architecture for Control Networks).
This is a UDP/IP communication system, yet at the same time many of the devices in an ACN system will be DMX512/DMX512A based. So the need
arises for a DMX512-to-ACN interface. Again, this is LIPS territory: it’s quite simple to interface UDP to RS-485 with this technology. Again, the part
of the diagram above that would be modified is the green rectangle marked “Application.”

Summary
The LAVA Ether-Serial Link fits readily into many contexts, from POS to industrial to security to AV, and many others. In virtually all cases the
primary use of a serial device server is simply to pass serial to Ethernet and vice versa, but as can be seen there are numerous spin-off benefits as
well: the ability to support more connections per computer, to allow access to more computers, to manage security and access better, to translate
between incompatible serial port settings, and many others.

© LAVA Computer MFG Inc.

Extending this already flexible concept is the LIPS System, which will make the potential of the LAVA IP Socket applicable beyond simply serial,
and will also make the speedy development of customized products much faster and easier.

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LAVA Ether-Serial Links

© LAVA Computer MFG Inc.

Figure 19: LAVA Ether-Serial Link Form Factors

Product

Ports; Interface

ESL 1-232-DB9

Ether-Serial Link single RS-232 IP-enabled 9-pin serial port

ESL 1-232-RJ45

Ether-Serial Link single RS-232 IP-enabled 10-pin RJ-45 serial port, power on pin 10

ESL 2-232-DB9

Ether-Serial Link dual RS-232 IP-enabled 9-pin serial ports

ESL 2-232-RJ45

Ether-Serial Link dual RS-232 IP-enabled 10-pin RJ-45 serial ports, power on pin 10

ESL 4-232-DB9

Ether-Serial Link quad RS-232 IP-enabled 9-pin serial ports

ESL 4-232-RJ45

Ether-Serial Link quad RS-232 IP-enabled 10-pin RJ-45 serial ports, power on pin 10

ESL 4-232-DB9 Cabled

Ether-Serial Link quad RS-232 IP-enabled 9-pin serial ports, fan-out cable

ESL 5-232-DB9 Embedded

Ether-Serial Link five RS-232 IP-enabled 9-pin serial ports, for embedded applications

ESL 8-232-DB9 Cabled

Ether-Serial Link eight RS-232 IP-enabled 9-pin serial ports, fan-out cables

ESL 8-232-RJ45

Ether-Serial Link eight RS-232 IP-enabled 10-pin RJ-45 serial ports, power on pin 10

ESL 16-232-DB9 Cabled

Ether-Serial Link sixteen RS-232 IP-enabled 9-pin serial ports, fan-out cables

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About LAVA
LAVA designs and manufactures hardware that provides system integrators and end users with simple serial-to-PC, serial-to-Ethernet, and USB-toserial connectivity. The LAVA product line includes multi-port serial and parallel boards, Ethernet-to-serial device servers, links for legacy payment
terminals, and headquarters-to-store links for cash register polling.
We serve customers around the globe in a wide array of industries, including Point of Sale, Telecommunications, Light Industrial Automation,
Payment Processing, Building Automation, Gaming, and Restaurant & Hospitality. Our connectivity hardware suits any design needing more COM
ports or remote monitoring and control of serial equipment over IP (Internet Protocol).
All LAVA hardware is covered by the LAVA Lifetime Warranty: any LAVA product that fails in its intended purpose will be replaced or repaired.

LAVA Computer MFG Inc.
2 Vulcan Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M9W 1L2
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www.lavalink.com

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Fax: 416-674-8262

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Tel.: 416-674-5942

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