Liya Kebede wrote:
is there any way I can access the pin pad remotely?
I dont think so : I think you need to implement a tcp/ip network layer to sit between the serial port and the network and send it commands from your application.
We do this with eftpos devices - they are sent instructions from a centralised gateway via tcp/ip, and the client on the pc interfaces to the com port (via an activex control supplied by the eftpos company) .. (ok, so there's an activex control there, but it doesnt really matter that much)
There are commercial companies out there that offer pre-made toolkits to do this - just a quick search gives :-
http://www.serial-port-communication.com/serial-over-tcpip/[
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http://www.fabulatech.com/network-serial-port-kit.html[
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oh .. a thought comes to mind, maybe citrix can do it, but thats a different paradigm
'g'