Jason's gateway

My mate Jason has a very interesting device that can be used in a network or data centre, no only as a serial console device but for environmental management. He designed and built the box from scartch all by himself!  The device has a built-in battery backup and thus is perfect to use when utility power is unavailable.  This is a more advaned form of monitoring power than Greg's way.

"Smartsavy’s Serial GSM Gateway’s are a family of rack mountable devices that provide for local and remote serial device access, and building management in a single appliance.

Available as either a STD or PRP model the Serial GSM Gateway family creates a 1 to 4 serial switch which can support up to four serial devices such as routers, switches, PABX’s, radio’s etc. All external serial devices are then accessible via four different console access methods. The access methods are Local Serial connection, Local USB connection, Remote GPRS connection and Remote LAN connection (Pro Model Only) and each method displays an easy to use software menu. A good analogy would be a KVM device, except in this case only serial data is switched. The Serial GSM Gateway is unique in that it extends the serial console port to the end user over four different communication mediums, which are: Local Serial Port, and Local USB Port using a terminal or a PC with terminal emulation software, Remote Internet over GPRS Port, and Remote LAN Port (PRO version only) using a PC or Smartphone with telnet virtual terminal connection software.

Smartsavy’s Serial GSM Gateway family also creates a building management and telemetry solution. Built-in General Purpose Input and Output (GPIO’s) ports are provided, to connect external devices to the Serial GSM Gateway, these sense and react to the outside environment. Connection of external devices such as movement sensors, sirens, generators, lights, door locks, flood sensors etc... Provide for building automation and management with comprehensive alerting and management available on the local and remote consoles as well as SMS.

Location awareness is available via GPS technology. Site location co-ordinates can be requested via a simple SMS message to the Serial GSM Gateway and a response SMS with GPS navigator compatible co-ordinates. This feature is especially helpful to large organizations with many remote sites."