Re: [SAGE] rack-mounted servers with LCD on front?

[Jonathan Rozes <jrozes@laika.com>]

The Rackable LCDs appear as a serial port under Linux, so it's as simple as:

  /bin/echo -e "LCD:\nHelp!\nI'm on fire!\n" > /dev/ttyS1

If I recall correctly, the "LCD:" prefix is required because there are other
things you can do with the phantom controller besides print to the LCD.

Jonathan
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+++ Jonathan Rozes, Manager, Information Technology, LAIKA Inc.


> From: Richard Chycoski <rac@cisco.com>
> Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:36:37 -0700
> To: Alexios Zavras <zvr@pobox.com>
> Cc: <sage-members@sage.org>
> Subject: Re: [SAGE] rack-mounted servers with LCD on front?
> 
> <http://www.rackable.com/products/c1000.htm>
> 
> ...might do it. You'll have to check with Rackable to find out how
> programmable the display really is. The data sheet doesn't seem to say
> it, but IIRC, they have dual Gig-E interfaces. They definitely do Linux.
> 
> - Richard
> 
> 
> Alexios Zavras wrote:
>> A question to the community knowledge:
>> 
>> Does anyone have any pointers for 1U rack-mounted servers
>> with programmable small LCDs on the front (1- or 2- line) ?
>> Ideally, they should also have at least 2 ethernet interfaces.
>> They'll be running some version of Linux (if it matters).
>> 
>> Any information greatly appreciated,