Lantronix manual EDS8PR, EDS16PR, and EDS32PR Overview, Features, Introduction, EDS User Guide

2: Introduction

EDS8PR, EDS16PR, and EDS32PR Overview

The EDS8PR (8 serial ports), EDS16PR (16 serial ports), and EDS32PR (32 serial ports) are compact easy-to-use, rack-mountable device servers that give you the ability to network-enable asynchronous RS-232 serial devices. They provide fully transparent RS-232 point-to-point connections without requiring modifications to existing software or hardware components in your application.

Figure 2-3 EDS16PR Device Server

Features

The key features of the EDS8PR, EDS16PR, and EDS32PR include:

Dual-purpose Ethernet terminal server and device server design.

8 (EDS8PR), 16 (EDS16PR) or 32 (EDS32PR) serial ports with hardware handshaking signals.

RS-232 support.

One RJ45 Ethernet port.

8 MB Flash memory.

32 MB Random Access Memory (RAM).

Lantronix Evolution OS™.

A dedicated console port.

AES, SSH, or SSL secure data encryption.

Three configuration methods (Web, command line, and XML).

Print server functionality (LPR/LPD).

See Chapter 5: Installation of EDS8PR, EDS16PR and EDS32PR, for installation instructions.

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