Im new to all this but I wanted to see if someone can point me in a direction on how to do the following:
I want to use WiFly 802.11b Serial Module to send command to Serial Enabled 16x2 LCD remotely.
Can someone point me in a direction on how to get started?
consider too the less costly serial to WiFi adapters from Lantronix and WizNet.
Conceptually, with all such devices, you get a MS Windows driver that creates a COMn device on the PC that appears to application software to be a serial port. The driver transparently connects to the WiFi/serial device and to its real serial port. So the Windows app. perceives a serial port when indeed, the physical port is via WiFi.
This Windows (or Linux I guess) driver is the key. Without a good one, you are hosed.
Some of these drivers also enable TELNET connections to the remote serial port, and vice-versa.
Consider also, ConnectOne’s products: Inexpensive but more sophisiticated than the serial to ethernet bridges.
And most of these are 11g, not 11b. Not a big issue, but some WiFi LANs are such that having 11b clients screws up the 11g compatibility
Thanks for the reply!
My end goal is to develop a web app to update the lcd screen…
I looked at Connect One’s (http://www.connectone.com/products.asp?did=73&pid=73) and this looks like it can do the trick. But I am new to this. Can I connect this directly to the lcd board?