How to receive data from RS232 on server with ASP.NET

[nitin2304]

hi,

I need to collect data from port of server which is sent by some device. Is there any way by ASP.NET to do this? pls help very urgent.

thanks

[Frinavale]

Hmm...

I don't know. I would think probably not. ASP.NET is mainly used to serve web pages to browsers requesting data. It's not typically used to listen for data being sent by a device.

I would say "no" but that's not to say that it's not possible. You'll have to research this.

I would probably write a Windows Service to listen and have that package/save the data in such a way that it is accessible to the ASP.NET web application.

-Frinny

[nitin2304]

thanks for your help, I'll give a try to ASP.NET again else I'll move to windows service. Actually I was worried if I could not get the permission to install windwos service on server. I don't know whether they allow it or not.

Nitin