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Tom Van Baak

Thu, Jan 11, 2024 2:16 PM

There was a posting from Skip a while ago that didn't come through. See
below for his request. Me too.

In my case, I have an area at home you could call my working bench. I
also have small room, less accessible, where I keep my best clocks with
as little human interference as possible. I'd like to improve its remote
monitoring and control over ethernet.

So the question is, does anyone make a black box that acts as a
transparent latch or GPIO? I'd like 8 or 16 bits at my bench that when
changed turn into bits in the remote lab. Ideally no setup, no protocol,
no commands, no software, no operating system, no bugs; just two boxes
with N pins on each end and changes are reflected from one to the other
over LAN. TTL/CMOS level is fine. Some latency is ok.

I'm not looking for yet another WiFi, Arduino/LAN, or R-Pi project, but
rather a turn-key solution that just works. I spent a significant amount
of time on the web, thinking this would be a trivial search, but I came
up empty.

Thanks,
/tvb

I'm looking for a box that has an Ethernet port on one side and some

number or I/O

(could be from 1 to n) on the other. When two of these boxes are paired
(by entering their respective IP addresses), the state of an input on

one box is

reflected in the output of the other box (and vice versa).

An example would be if I had a switch hooked to the input of one box,

its state would

be reflected in the output of the paired box, such as controlling a

motor remotely.

Any ideas? Perhaps there might be a business opportunity here if it

doesn't exist.

Thanks for the time,
Skip Withrow

There was a posting from Skip a while ago that didn't come through. See below for his request. Me too. In my case, I have an area at home you could call my working bench. I also have small room, less accessible, where I keep my best clocks with as little human interference as possible. I'd like to improve its remote monitoring and control over ethernet. So the question is, does anyone make a black box that acts as a transparent latch or GPIO? I'd like 8 or 16 bits at my bench that when changed turn into bits in the remote lab. Ideally no setup, no protocol, no commands, no software, no operating system, no bugs; just two boxes with N pins on each end and changes are reflected from one to the other over LAN. TTL/CMOS level is fine. Some latency is ok. I'm not looking for yet another WiFi, Arduino/LAN, or R-Pi project, but rather a turn-key solution that just works. I spent a significant amount of time on the web, thinking this would be a trivial search, but I came up empty. Thanks, /tvb > I'm looking for a box that has an Ethernet port on one side and some number or I/O > (could be from 1 to n) on the other. When two of these boxes are paired > (by entering their respective IP addresses), the state of an input on one box is > reflected in the output of the other box (and vice versa). > > An example would be if I had a switch hooked to the input of one box, its state would > be reflected in the output of the paired box, such as controlling a motor remotely. > > Any ideas? Perhaps there might be a business opportunity here if it doesn't exist. > Thanks for the time, > Skip Withrow

AB

Azelio Boriani

Thu, Jan 11, 2024 2:52 PM

It can be done by a PIC and the MAC ENC28J60, there is no way to
implement something that can stay on an ethernet only by logic gates
(OK, add some FF), as was long ago possible with the GPIB (for
example). Operating system free, yes, you can: just an ENC28J60 and a
suitable microprocessor/microcontroller with a TCPIP library ready to
use like the Microchip's one. Then you must interact with it using a
telnet-like connection or UDP packets with your 8 or 16 I/O bits, so a
minimum of Windows or Linux programming is needed. Or make two boxes
that just see each other: I will investigate if it can be done by a
couple of evaluation boards.

On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 3:18 PM Tom Van Baak via time-nuts
time-nuts@lists.febo.com wrote:

There was a posting from Skip a while ago that didn't come through. See
below for his request. Me too.

In my case, I have an area at home you could call my working bench. I
also have small room, less accessible, where I keep my best clocks with
as little human interference as possible. I'd like to improve its remote
monitoring and control over ethernet.

So the question is, does anyone make a black box that acts as a
transparent latch or GPIO? I'd like 8 or 16 bits at my bench that when
changed turn into bits in the remote lab. Ideally no setup, no protocol,
no commands, no software, no operating system, no bugs; just two boxes
with N pins on each end and changes are reflected from one to the other
over LAN. TTL/CMOS level is fine. Some latency is ok.

I'm not looking for yet another WiFi, Arduino/LAN, or R-Pi project, but
rather a turn-key solution that just works. I spent a significant amount
of time on the web, thinking this would be a trivial search, but I came
up empty.

Thanks,
/tvb

I'm looking for a box that has an Ethernet port on one side and some
number or I/O
(could be from 1 to n) on the other. When two of these boxes are paired
(by entering their respective IP addresses), the state of an input on
one box is
reflected in the output of the other box (and vice versa).

An example would be if I had a switch hooked to the input of one box,
its state would
be reflected in the output of the paired box, such as controlling a
motor remotely.

Any ideas? Perhaps there might be a business opportunity here if it
doesn't exist.
Thanks for the time,
Skip Withrow

time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com
To unsubscribe send an email to time-nuts-leave@lists.febo.com

It can be done by a PIC and the MAC ENC28J60, there is no way to implement something that can stay on an ethernet only by logic gates (OK, add some FF), as was long ago possible with the GPIB (for example). Operating system free, yes, you can: just an ENC28J60 and a suitable microprocessor/microcontroller with a TCPIP library ready to use like the Microchip's one. Then you must interact with it using a telnet-like connection or UDP packets with your 8 or 16 I/O bits, so a minimum of Windows or Linux programming is needed. Or make two boxes that just see each other: I will investigate if it can be done by a couple of evaluation boards. On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 3:18 PM Tom Van Baak via time-nuts <time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote: > > There was a posting from Skip a while ago that didn't come through. See > below for his request. Me too. > > In my case, I have an area at home you could call my working bench. I > also have small room, less accessible, where I keep my best clocks with > as little human interference as possible. I'd like to improve its remote > monitoring and control over ethernet. > > So the question is, does anyone make a black box that acts as a > transparent latch or GPIO? I'd like 8 or 16 bits at my bench that when > changed turn into bits in the remote lab. Ideally no setup, no protocol, > no commands, no software, no operating system, no bugs; just two boxes > with N pins on each end and changes are reflected from one to the other > over LAN. TTL/CMOS level is fine. Some latency is ok. > > I'm not looking for yet another WiFi, Arduino/LAN, or R-Pi project, but > rather a turn-key solution that just works. I spent a significant amount > of time on the web, thinking this would be a trivial search, but I came > up empty. > > Thanks, > /tvb > > > I'm looking for a box that has an Ethernet port on one side and some > number or I/O > > (could be from 1 to n) on the other. When two of these boxes are paired > > (by entering their respective IP addresses), the state of an input on > one box is > > reflected in the output of the other box (and vice versa). > > > > An example would be if I had a switch hooked to the input of one box, > its state would > > be reflected in the output of the paired box, such as controlling a > motor remotely. > > > > Any ideas? Perhaps there might be a business opportunity here if it > doesn't exist. > > Thanks for the time, > > Skip Withrow > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe send an email to time-nuts-leave@lists.febo.com

CH

Christophe Huygens

Thu, Jan 11, 2024 2:54 PM

Hi,

check out
https://store.ncd.io/product/ethernet-internet-contact-closure-remote-relay-controller-8-channel-solid-state-1-way/

This exists bidirectional also

br

Christophe

On 11/01/2024 15:16, Tom Van Baak via time-nuts wrote:

There was a posting from Skip a while ago that didn't come through.
See below for his request. Me too.

In my case, I have an area at home you could call my working bench. I
also have small room, less accessible, where I keep my best clocks
with as little human interference as possible. I'd like to improve its
remote monitoring and control over ethernet.

So the question is, does anyone make a black box that acts as a
transparent latch or GPIO? I'd like 8 or 16 bits at my bench that when
changed turn into bits in the remote lab. Ideally no setup, no
protocol, no commands, no software, no operating system, no bugs; just
two boxes with N pins on each end and changes are reflected from one
to the other over LAN. TTL/CMOS level is fine. Some latency is ok.

I'm not looking for yet another WiFi, Arduino/LAN, or R-Pi project,
but rather a turn-key solution that just works. I spent a significant
amount of time on the web, thinking this would be a trivial search,
but I came up empty.

Thanks,
/tvb

I'm looking for a box that has an Ethernet port on one side and some
number or I/O
(could be from 1 to n) on the other. When two of these boxes are
paired
(by entering their respective IP addresses), the state of an input
on one box is
reflected in the output of the other box (and vice versa).

An example would be if I had a switch hooked to the input of one
box, its state would
be reflected in the output of the paired box, such as controlling a
motor remotely.

Any ideas? Perhaps there might be a business opportunity here if it
doesn't exist.
Thanks for the time,
Skip Withrow

time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com
To unsubscribe send an email to time-nuts-leave@lists.febo.com

Hi, check out https://store.ncd.io/product/ethernet-internet-contact-closure-remote-relay-controller-8-channel-solid-state-1-way/ This exists bidirectional also br Christophe On 11/01/2024 15:16, Tom Van Baak via time-nuts wrote: > There was a posting from Skip a while ago that didn't come through. > See below for his request. Me too. > > In my case, I have an area at home you could call my working bench. I > also have small room, less accessible, where I keep my best clocks > with as little human interference as possible. I'd like to improve its > remote monitoring and control over ethernet. > > So the question is, does anyone make a black box that acts as a > transparent latch or GPIO? I'd like 8 or 16 bits at my bench that when > changed turn into bits in the remote lab. Ideally no setup, no > protocol, no commands, no software, no operating system, no bugs; just > two boxes with N pins on each end and changes are reflected from one > to the other over LAN. TTL/CMOS level is fine. Some latency is ok. > > I'm not looking for yet another WiFi, Arduino/LAN, or R-Pi project, > but rather a turn-key solution that just works. I spent a significant > amount of time on the web, thinking this would be a trivial search, > but I came up empty. > > Thanks, > /tvb > > > I'm looking for a box that has an Ethernet port on one side and some > number or I/O > > (could be from 1 to n) on the other. When two of these boxes are > paired > > (by entering their respective IP addresses), the state of an input > on one box is > > reflected in the output of the other box (and vice versa). > > > > An example would be if I had a switch hooked to the input of one > box, its state would > > be reflected in the output of the paired box, such as controlling a > motor remotely. > > > > Any ideas? Perhaps there might be a business opportunity here if it > doesn't exist. > > Thanks for the time, > > Skip Withrow > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe send an email to time-nuts-leave@lists.febo.com

PS

paul swed

Thu, Jan 11, 2024 3:11 PM

I believe some of the dataq products ( https://www.dataq.com/ ) will fit
the bill. I use one of there usb models. It had 8 gpios. But they go bigger
and also have A/D and D/A IO. They were very price attractive for usb.
Ethernet seems to be higher.
Regards
Paul
WB8TSL

On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 9:18 AM Tom Van Baak via time-nuts <
time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote:

There was a posting from Skip a while ago that didn't come through. See
below for his request. Me too.

In my case, I have an area at home you could call my working bench. I
also have small room, less accessible, where I keep my best clocks with
as little human interference as possible. I'd like to improve its remote
monitoring and control over ethernet.

So the question is, does anyone make a black box that acts as a
transparent latch or GPIO? I'd like 8 or 16 bits at my bench that when
changed turn into bits in the remote lab. Ideally no setup, no protocol,
no commands, no software, no operating system, no bugs; just two boxes
with N pins on each end and changes are reflected from one to the other
over LAN. TTL/CMOS level is fine. Some latency is ok.

I'm not looking for yet another WiFi, Arduino/LAN, or R-Pi project, but
rather a turn-key solution that just works. I spent a significant amount
of time on the web, thinking this would be a trivial search, but I came
up empty.

Thanks,
/tvb

I'm looking for a box that has an Ethernet port on one side and some

number or I/O

(could be from 1 to n) on the other. When two of these boxes are paired
(by entering their respective IP addresses), the state of an input on

one box is

reflected in the output of the other box (and vice versa).

An example would be if I had a switch hooked to the input of one box,

its state would

be reflected in the output of the paired box, such as controlling a

motor remotely.

Any ideas? Perhaps there might be a business opportunity here if it

doesn't exist.

Thanks for the time,
Skip Withrow

time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com
To unsubscribe send an email to time-nuts-leave@lists.febo.com

I believe some of the dataq products ( https://www.dataq.com/ ) will fit the bill. I use one of there usb models. It had 8 gpios. But they go bigger and also have A/D and D/A IO. They were very price attractive for usb. Ethernet seems to be higher. Regards Paul WB8TSL On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 9:18 AM Tom Van Baak via time-nuts < time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote: > There was a posting from Skip a while ago that didn't come through. See > below for his request. Me too. > > In my case, I have an area at home you could call my working bench. I > also have small room, less accessible, where I keep my best clocks with > as little human interference as possible. I'd like to improve its remote > monitoring and control over ethernet. > > So the question is, does anyone make a black box that acts as a > transparent latch or GPIO? I'd like 8 or 16 bits at my bench that when > changed turn into bits in the remote lab. Ideally no setup, no protocol, > no commands, no software, no operating system, no bugs; just two boxes > with N pins on each end and changes are reflected from one to the other > over LAN. TTL/CMOS level is fine. Some latency is ok. > > I'm not looking for yet another WiFi, Arduino/LAN, or R-Pi project, but > rather a turn-key solution that just works. I spent a significant amount > of time on the web, thinking this would be a trivial search, but I came > up empty. > > Thanks, > /tvb > > > I'm looking for a box that has an Ethernet port on one side and some > number or I/O > > (could be from 1 to n) on the other. When two of these boxes are paired > > (by entering their respective IP addresses), the state of an input on > one box is > > reflected in the output of the other box (and vice versa). > > > > An example would be if I had a switch hooked to the input of one box, > its state would > > be reflected in the output of the paired box, such as controlling a > motor remotely. > > > > Any ideas? Perhaps there might be a business opportunity here if it > doesn't exist. > > Thanks for the time, > > Skip Withrow > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe send an email to time-nuts-leave@lists.febo.com

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Bob Camp

Thu, Jan 11, 2024 3:24 PM

Hi

I think you are stuck with a pair of RPi’s …..

Bob

On Jan 11, 2024, at 9:16 AM, Tom Van Baak via time-nuts time-nuts@lists.febo.com wrote:

There was a posting from Skip a while ago that didn't come through. See below for his request. Me too.

In my case, I have an area at home you could call my working bench. I also have small room, less accessible, where I keep my best clocks with as little human interference as possible. I'd like to improve its remote monitoring and control over ethernet.

So the question is, does anyone make a black box that acts as a transparent latch or GPIO? I'd like 8 or 16 bits at my bench that when changed turn into bits in the remote lab. Ideally no setup, no protocol, no commands, no software, no operating system, no bugs; just two boxes with N pins on each end and changes are reflected from one to the other over LAN. TTL/CMOS level is fine. Some latency is ok.

I'm not looking for yet another WiFi, Arduino/LAN, or R-Pi project, but rather a turn-key solution that just works. I spent a significant amount of time on the web, thinking this would be a trivial search, but I came up empty.

Thanks,
/tvb

I'm looking for a box that has an Ethernet port on one side and some number or I/O
(could be from 1 to n) on the other. When two of these boxes are paired
(by entering their respective IP addresses), the state of an input on one box is
reflected in the output of the other box (and vice versa).

An example would be if I had a switch hooked to the input of one box, its state would
be reflected in the output of the paired box, such as controlling a motor remotely.

Any ideas? Perhaps there might be a business opportunity here if it doesn't exist.
Thanks for the time,
Skip Withrow

time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com
To unsubscribe send an email to time-nuts-leave@lists.febo.com

Hi I think you are stuck with a pair of RPi’s ….. Bob > On Jan 11, 2024, at 9:16 AM, Tom Van Baak via time-nuts <time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote: > > There was a posting from Skip a while ago that didn't come through. See below for his request. Me too. > > In my case, I have an area at home you could call my working bench. I also have small room, less accessible, where I keep my best clocks with as little human interference as possible. I'd like to improve its remote monitoring and control over ethernet. > > So the question is, does anyone make a black box that acts as a transparent latch or GPIO? I'd like 8 or 16 bits at my bench that when changed turn into bits in the remote lab. Ideally no setup, no protocol, no commands, no software, no operating system, no bugs; just two boxes with N pins on each end and changes are reflected from one to the other over LAN. TTL/CMOS level is fine. Some latency is ok. > > I'm not looking for yet another WiFi, Arduino/LAN, or R-Pi project, but rather a turn-key solution that just works. I spent a significant amount of time on the web, thinking this would be a trivial search, but I came up empty. > > Thanks, > /tvb > > > I'm looking for a box that has an Ethernet port on one side and some number or I/O > > (could be from 1 to n) on the other. When two of these boxes are paired > > (by entering their respective IP addresses), the state of an input on one box is > > reflected in the output of the other box (and vice versa). > > > > An example would be if I had a switch hooked to the input of one box, its state would > > be reflected in the output of the paired box, such as controlling a motor remotely. > > > > Any ideas? Perhaps there might be a business opportunity here if it doesn't exist. > > Thanks for the time, > > Skip Withrow > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe send an email to time-nuts-leave@lists.febo.com

MI

Mike Ingle

Thu, Jan 11, 2024 3:25 PM

I remember looking at some serdes link ICs in the early 1990s, but I have
forgotten their name, and they are probably obsolete now. A related search
came up with:
https://eu.mouser.com/datasheet/2/609/MAX9205_MAX9207-3131009.pdf
It looks like you could buy a couple eval boards from mouser. The price
hurts but...

good luck. --mike

On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 3:18 PM Tom Van Baak via time-nuts <
time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote:

There was a posting from Skip a while ago that didn't come through. See
below for his request. Me too.

In my case, I have an area at home you could call my working bench. I
also have small room, less accessible, where I keep my best clocks with
as little human interference as possible. I'd like to improve its remote
monitoring and control over ethernet.

So the question is, does anyone make a black box that acts as a
transparent latch or GPIO? I'd like 8 or 16 bits at my bench that when
changed turn into bits in the remote lab. Ideally no setup, no protocol,
no commands, no software, no operating system, no bugs; just two boxes
with N pins on each end and changes are reflected from one to the other
over LAN. TTL/CMOS level is fine. Some latency is ok.

I'm not looking for yet another WiFi, Arduino/LAN, or R-Pi project, but
rather a turn-key solution that just works. I spent a significant amount
of time on the web, thinking this would be a trivial search, but I came
up empty.

Thanks,
/tvb

I'm looking for a box that has an Ethernet port on one side and some

number or I/O

(could be from 1 to n) on the other. When two of these boxes are paired
(by entering their respective IP addresses), the state of an input on

one box is

reflected in the output of the other box (and vice versa).

An example would be if I had a switch hooked to the input of one box,

its state would

be reflected in the output of the paired box, such as controlling a

motor remotely.

Any ideas? Perhaps there might be a business opportunity here if it

doesn't exist.

Thanks for the time,
Skip Withrow

time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com
To unsubscribe send an email to time-nuts-leave@lists.febo.com

I remember looking at some serdes link ICs in the early 1990s, but I have forgotten their name, and they are probably obsolete now. A related search came up with: https://eu.mouser.com/datasheet/2/609/MAX9205_MAX9207-3131009.pdf It looks like you could buy a couple eval boards from mouser. The price hurts but... good luck. --mike On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 3:18 PM Tom Van Baak via time-nuts < time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote: > There was a posting from Skip a while ago that didn't come through. See > below for his request. Me too. > > In my case, I have an area at home you could call my working bench. I > also have small room, less accessible, where I keep my best clocks with > as little human interference as possible. I'd like to improve its remote > monitoring and control over ethernet. > > So the question is, does anyone make a black box that acts as a > transparent latch or GPIO? I'd like 8 or 16 bits at my bench that when > changed turn into bits in the remote lab. Ideally no setup, no protocol, > no commands, no software, no operating system, no bugs; just two boxes > with N pins on each end and changes are reflected from one to the other > over LAN. TTL/CMOS level is fine. Some latency is ok. > > I'm not looking for yet another WiFi, Arduino/LAN, or R-Pi project, but > rather a turn-key solution that just works. I spent a significant amount > of time on the web, thinking this would be a trivial search, but I came > up empty. > > Thanks, > /tvb > > > I'm looking for a box that has an Ethernet port on one side and some > number or I/O > > (could be from 1 to n) on the other. When two of these boxes are paired > > (by entering their respective IP addresses), the state of an input on > one box is > > reflected in the output of the other box (and vice versa). > > > > An example would be if I had a switch hooked to the input of one box, > its state would > > be reflected in the output of the paired box, such as controlling a > motor remotely. > > > > Any ideas? Perhaps there might be a business opportunity here if it > doesn't exist. > > Thanks for the time, > > Skip Withrow > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe send an email to time-nuts-leave@lists.febo.com

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Eric Garner

Thu, Jan 11, 2024 4:00 PM

This kind of need is pretty common in the PLC/industrial automation world.

Moxa among others makes devices like this.
https://www.moxa.com/en/products/industrial-edge-connectivity/controllers-and-ios/universal-controllers-and-i-os/iomirror-e3200-series

The search term you're looking for is "IO mirror"

Eric

On Thu, Jan 11, 2024, 6:18 AM Tom Van Baak via time-nuts <
time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote:

There was a posting from Skip a while ago that didn't come through. See
below for his request. Me too.

In my case, I have an area at home you could call my working bench. I
also have small room, less accessible, where I keep my best clocks with
as little human interference as possible. I'd like to improve its remote
monitoring and control over ethernet.

So the question is, does anyone make a black box that acts as a
transparent latch or GPIO? I'd like 8 or 16 bits at my bench that when
changed turn into bits in the remote lab. Ideally no setup, no protocol,
no commands, no software, no operating system, no bugs; just two boxes
with N pins on each end and changes are reflected from one to the other
over LAN. TTL/CMOS level is fine. Some latency is ok.

I'm not looking for yet another WiFi, Arduino/LAN, or R-Pi project, but
rather a turn-key solution that just works. I spent a significant amount
of time on the web, thinking this would be a trivial search, but I came
up empty.

Thanks,
/tvb

I'm looking for a box that has an Ethernet port on one side and some

number or I/O

(could be from 1 to n) on the other. When two of these boxes are paired
(by entering their respective IP addresses), the state of an input on

one box is

reflected in the output of the other box (and vice versa).

An example would be if I had a switch hooked to the input of one box,

its state would

be reflected in the output of the paired box, such as controlling a

motor remotely.

Any ideas? Perhaps there might be a business opportunity here if it

doesn't exist.

Thanks for the time,
Skip Withrow

time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com
To unsubscribe send an email to time-nuts-leave@lists.febo.com

This kind of need is pretty common in the PLC/industrial automation world. Moxa among others makes devices like this. https://www.moxa.com/en/products/industrial-edge-connectivity/controllers-and-ios/universal-controllers-and-i-os/iomirror-e3200-series The search term you're looking for is "IO mirror" Eric On Thu, Jan 11, 2024, 6:18 AM Tom Van Baak via time-nuts < time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote: > There was a posting from Skip a while ago that didn't come through. See > below for his request. Me too. > > In my case, I have an area at home you could call my working bench. I > also have small room, less accessible, where I keep my best clocks with > as little human interference as possible. I'd like to improve its remote > monitoring and control over ethernet. > > So the question is, does anyone make a black box that acts as a > transparent latch or GPIO? I'd like 8 or 16 bits at my bench that when > changed turn into bits in the remote lab. Ideally no setup, no protocol, > no commands, no software, no operating system, no bugs; just two boxes > with N pins on each end and changes are reflected from one to the other > over LAN. TTL/CMOS level is fine. Some latency is ok. > > I'm not looking for yet another WiFi, Arduino/LAN, or R-Pi project, but > rather a turn-key solution that just works. I spent a significant amount > of time on the web, thinking this would be a trivial search, but I came > up empty. > > Thanks, > /tvb > > > I'm looking for a box that has an Ethernet port on one side and some > number or I/O > > (could be from 1 to n) on the other. When two of these boxes are paired > > (by entering their respective IP addresses), the state of an input on > one box is > > reflected in the output of the other box (and vice versa). > > > > An example would be if I had a switch hooked to the input of one box, > its state would > > be reflected in the output of the paired box, such as controlling a > motor remotely. > > > > Any ideas? Perhaps there might be a business opportunity here if it > doesn't exist. > > Thanks for the time, > > Skip Withrow > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe send an email to time-nuts-leave@lists.febo.com

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Scott McGrath

Thu, Jan 11, 2024 4:01 PM

National Instruments- www.ni.com makes exactly what you are looking for, new they are a bit spendy but used ones come up frequently on the well known auction site.

There are a variety of them but they are all classified as digital i/o

On Jan 11, 2024, at 9:18 AM, Tom Van Baak via time-nuts time-nuts@lists.febo.com wrote:

LAN, or R-Pi project, but rather a turn-key

National Instruments- www.ni.com makes exactly what you are looking for, new they are a bit spendy but used ones come up frequently on the well known auction site. There are a variety of them but they are all classified as digital i/o On Jan 11, 2024, at 9:18 AM, Tom Van Baak via time-nuts <time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote: LAN, or R-Pi project, but rather a turn-key

JL

Jim Lux

Thu, Jan 11, 2024 5:17 PM

I've hunted for this too, but the best I found was a RPi at both ends, with some software to send it via TCP/UDP.
You might look at the industrial controls products - I've not looked recently, and it would definitely be pricey. But that kind of almost turnkey thing is fairly common.

On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 06:16:00 -0800, Tom Van Baak via time-nuts time-nuts@lists.febo.com wrote:

There was a posting from Skip a while ago that didn't come through. See
below for his request. Me too.

In my case, I have an area at home you could call my working bench. I
also have small room, less accessible, where I keep my best clocks with
as little human interference as possible. I'd like to improve its remote
monitoring and control over ethernet.

So the question is, does anyone make a black box that acts as a
transparent latch or GPIO? I'd like 8 or 16 bits at my bench that when
changed turn into bits in the remote lab. Ideally no setup, no protocol,
no commands, no software, no operating system, no bugs; just two boxes
with N pins on each end and changes are reflected from one to the other
over LAN. TTL/CMOS level is fine. Some latency is ok.

I'm not looking for yet another WiFi, Arduino/LAN, or R-Pi project, but
rather a turn-key solution that just works. I spent a significant amount
of time on the web, thinking this would be a trivial search, but I came
up empty.

Thanks,
/tvb

I'm looking for a box that has an Ethernet port on one side and some

number or I/O

(could be from 1 to n) on the other. When two of these boxes are paired
(by entering their respective IP addresses), the state of an input on

one box is

reflected in the output of the other box (and vice versa).

An example would be if I had a switch hooked to the input of one box,

its state would

be reflected in the output of the paired box, such as controlling a

motor remotely.

Any ideas? Perhaps there might be a business opportunity here if it

doesn't exist.

Thanks for the time,
Skip Withrow

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I've hunted for this too, but the best I found was a RPi at both ends, with some software to send it via TCP/UDP. You might look at the industrial controls products - I've not looked recently, and it would definitely be pricey. But that kind of almost turnkey thing is fairly common. On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 06:16:00 -0800, Tom Van Baak via time-nuts <time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote: There was a posting from Skip a while ago that didn't come through. See below for his request. Me too. In my case, I have an area at home you could call my working bench. I also have small room, less accessible, where I keep my best clocks with as little human interference as possible. I'd like to improve its remote monitoring and control over ethernet. So the question is, does anyone make a black box that acts as a transparent latch or GPIO? I'd like 8 or 16 bits at my bench that when changed turn into bits in the remote lab. Ideally no setup, no protocol, no commands, no software, no operating system, no bugs; just two boxes with N pins on each end and changes are reflected from one to the other over LAN. TTL/CMOS level is fine. Some latency is ok. I'm not looking for yet another WiFi, Arduino/LAN, or R-Pi project, but rather a turn-key solution that just works. I spent a significant amount of time on the web, thinking this would be a trivial search, but I came up empty. Thanks, /tvb > I'm looking for a box that has an Ethernet port on one side and some number or I/O > (could be from 1 to n) on the other. When two of these boxes are paired > (by entering their respective IP addresses), the state of an input on one box is > reflected in the output of the other box (and vice versa). > > An example would be if I had a switch hooked to the input of one box, its state would > be reflected in the output of the paired box, such as controlling a motor remotely. > > Any ideas? Perhaps there might be a business opportunity here if it doesn't exist. > Thanks for the time, > Skip Withrow _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe send an email to time-nuts-leave@lists.febo.com

JL

Jim Lux

Thu, Jan 11, 2024 5:22 PM

ooh.. $500 each.. That's about what I would expect, but you gave the key thing, a search term.

So this is about what I'd expect, pricewise - RPi, isolated interface card, integration, package, some software.

On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 08:00:01 -0800, Eric Garner via time-nuts time-nuts@lists.febo.com wrote:

This kind of need is pretty common in the PLC/industrial automation world.

Moxa among others makes devices like this.
https://www.moxa.com/en/products/industrial-edge-connectivity/controllers-and-ios/universal-controllers-and-i-os/iomirror-e3200-series

The search term you're looking for is "IO mirror"

Eric

On Thu, Jan 11, 2024, 6:18 AM Tom Van Baak via time-nuts <
time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote:

There was a posting from Skip a while ago that didn't come through. See
below for his request. Me too.

In my case, I have an area at home you could call my working bench. I
also have small room, less accessible, where I keep my best clocks with
as little human interference as possible. I'd like to improve its remote
monitoring and control over ethernet.

So the question is, does anyone make a black box that acts as a
transparent latch or GPIO? I'd like 8 or 16 bits at my bench that when
changed turn into bits in the remote lab. Ideally no setup, no protocol,
no commands, no software, no operating system, no bugs; just two boxes
with N pins on each end and changes are reflected from one to the other
over LAN. TTL/CMOS level is fine. Some latency is ok.

I'm not looking for yet another WiFi, Arduino/LAN, or R-Pi project, but
rather a turn-key solution that just works. I spent a significant amount
of time on the web, thinking this would be a trivial search, but I came
up empty.

Thanks,
/tvb

I'm looking for a box that has an Ethernet port on one side and some

number or I/O

(could be from 1 to n) on the other. When two of these boxes are paired
(by entering their respective IP addresses), the state of an input on

one box is

reflected in the output of the other box (and vice versa).

An example would be if I had a switch hooked to the input of one box,

its state would

be reflected in the output of the paired box, such as controlling a

motor remotely.

Any ideas? Perhaps there might be a business opportunity here if it

doesn't exist.

Thanks for the time,
Skip Withrow

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ooh.. $500 each.. That's about what I would expect, but you gave the key thing, a search term. So this is about what I'd expect, pricewise - RPi, isolated interface card, integration, package, some software. On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 08:00:01 -0800, Eric Garner via time-nuts <time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote: This kind of need is pretty common in the PLC/industrial automation world. Moxa among others makes devices like this. https://www.moxa.com/en/products/industrial-edge-connectivity/controllers-and-ios/universal-controllers-and-i-os/iomirror-e3200-series The search term you're looking for is "IO mirror" Eric On Thu, Jan 11, 2024, 6:18 AM Tom Van Baak via time-nuts < time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote: > There was a posting from Skip a while ago that didn't come through. See > below for his request. Me too. > > In my case, I have an area at home you could call my working bench. I > also have small room, less accessible, where I keep my best clocks with > as little human interference as possible. I'd like to improve its remote > monitoring and control over ethernet. > > So the question is, does anyone make a black box that acts as a > transparent latch or GPIO? I'd like 8 or 16 bits at my bench that when > changed turn into bits in the remote lab. Ideally no setup, no protocol, > no commands, no software, no operating system, no bugs; just two boxes > with N pins on each end and changes are reflected from one to the other > over LAN. TTL/CMOS level is fine. Some latency is ok. > > I'm not looking for yet another WiFi, Arduino/LAN, or R-Pi project, but > rather a turn-key solution that just works. I spent a significant amount > of time on the web, thinking this would be a trivial search, but I came > up empty. > > Thanks, > /tvb > > > I'm looking for a box that has an Ethernet port on one side and some > number or I/O > > (could be from 1 to n) on the other. When two of these boxes are paired > > (by entering their respective IP addresses), the state of an input on > one box is > > reflected in the output of the other box (and vice versa). > > > > An example would be if I had a switch hooked to the input of one box, > its state would > > be reflected in the output of the paired box, such as controlling a > motor remotely. > > > > Any ideas? Perhaps there might be a business opportunity here if it > doesn't exist. > > Thanks for the time, > > Skip Withrow > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe send an email to time-nuts-leave@lists.febo.com _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe send an email to time-nuts-leave@lists.febo.com

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