2: Introduction
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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.