* Jacob Yocom-Piatt wrote: > i am planning on pulling live rate data from some manufacturing equipment > using > a red lion rate meter with RS-232 or 485 interface > > http://www.redlion.net/Products/DigitalandAnalog/Counters/CounterRate/CUB5.html > > what is the best way to pull this data, using base OS utilities if possible? > if > coding this is most expedient, handing me a pointer to a useful information > address is sufficient.
write a userland application that opens the cua device and reads in data frpm the serial port. at the moment there is no way to make the data show up as a sensor value. > > i'm under the impression that openbsd doesn't support RS-485 interface cards. > do > correct me if i'm wrong here. > > cheers, > jake
