Network Gateway to Embedded Systems

This is a reference example that provides basic functionality of a netowkr server that interfaces a network connection (possibly from a Java applet) to an embedded system that is connected to a serial port. This server uses TCP/IP protocol and allows multiple clients to connect at the same time.

ReferenceUDPIPServer.java

EmbedImplementation.java

Please see the basic COM Port example to for explanation about COM port accessibility. You will need to place the following files in the same folder with your project:

When compiling the COMport class include comm.jar in the class path:

c:\progra~1\java\bin\javac -classpath c:\progra~1\java\lib;.;.\comm.jar COMPort.java

You do not need to include it when compiling classes that do not import directly the jar library features:

c:\progra~1\java\bin\javac ReferenceUDPIPServer.java
c:\progra~1\java\bin\javac EmbedImplementation.java

When running your program, include comm.jar in the class path. For example:

c:\progra~1\java\bin\java -classpath c:\progra~1\java\lib;.;.\comm.jar ReferenceUDPIPServer

More sophisticated execution is possible. The following example allows to rerun the server if it is terminated. A developer may combine it with replacing the java classes with the newer version before restarting the server. One can replace the classes using FTP. That allows for remote development on win32 platform that does not have a telnet service that allows to stop and start the program directly from a console.

@echo off
echo Starting the XXX Server...
:RERUN
REM
c:\progra~1\java\bin\java -classpath c:\progra~1\java\jre\lib\rt.jar;.;.\comm.jar ReferenceUDPIPServer
REM
if ERRORLEVEL 10 goto TERMINATE
echo Restarting the XXX Server ...
goto RERUN
:TERMINATE
echo Terminating the XXX Server ...
exit

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