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Another interesting alternative that may be simpler is the $99 Netburner eval kit:<br />
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<a href="http://tinyurl.com/netburnereval" rel="ugc">http://tinyurl.com/netburnereval</a><br />
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The development software included with this kit is more readily adaptable to direct SNMP manipulation; with the Lantronix XPort devices you have to write kernel code to do direct SNMP message building, but this board, although having a much simpler runtime environment, comes with an IDE ready to do C/C++ programming at the application level.
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Another interesting alternative that may be simpler is the $99 Netburner eval kit:

http://tinyurl.com/netburnereval [http://tinyurl.com/netburnereval]

The development software included with this kit is more readily adaptable to direct SNMP manipulation; with the Lantronix XPort devices you have to write kernel code to do direct SNMP message building, but this board, although having a much simpler runtime environment, comes with an IDE ready to do C/C++ programming at the application level.

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Forget the Netburner; I see that charge $495 to license the SNMP module!<br />
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Forget the Netburner; I see that charge $495 to license the SNMP module!



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It looks like we will probably go with the Lantronix solution. Thanks.
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It looks like we will probably go with the Lantronix solution. Thanks.

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I am looking to find an affordable embedded device. <br />
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I would write a program that monitors an RS232 port, decodes the proprietary data coming in and then generates SNMP traps. This program would run continually on the embedded device. I am wondering if there are any devices out there that are priced at no more than USD $200.<br />
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So the device requirements are:<br />
&nbsp;-1 RS232 port<br />
&nbsp;-Ethernet port (not wireless)<br />
&nbsp;-the operating system has API for generating SNMP traps<br />
&nbsp;-ability to write proprietary software for this device<br />
&nbsp;-cost is not more than USD $200<br />

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I am looking to find an affordable embedded device. 

I would write a program that monitors an RS232 port, decodes the proprietary data coming in and then generates SNMP traps. This program would run continually on the embedded device. I am wondering if there are any devices out there that are priced at no more than USD $200.

So the device requirements are:
 -1 RS232 port
 -Ethernet port (not wireless)
 -the operating system has API for generating SNMP traps
 -ability to write proprietary software for this device
 -cost is not more than USD $200


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