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ShayanFiroozi
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Mikrotik Custom OS !

Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:51 pm

Hi everyone
how can i design an OS for MK ?!
i need MK RB as a computer for connecting some RS232 device to it and use it in my own way

is it possible or i have to buy x86 board ?

Thank You.
 
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Re: Mikrotik Custom OS !

Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:53 pm

Hi everyone
how can i design an OS for MK ?!
i need MK RB as a computer for connecting some RS232 device to it and use it in my own way

is it possible or i have to buy x86 board ?

Thank You.
What type of OS you want to write?
 
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Re: Mikrotik Custom OS !

Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:56 pm

there are OSes, that are ported for specific type of RouterBOARD.
 
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Re: Mikrotik Custom OS !

Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:18 pm

i need a single board to which read specific data from COM port (RFID Device) then process data and save it to HDD , i did it in x86 board with Windows XP running , but i wanna do it with MK RB , because it's small and low power
 
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Re: Mikrotik Custom OS !

Tue Oct 01, 2013 4:48 pm

But you have a other board low cost like alix or any other thin client like neoware.
 
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Re: Mikrotik Custom OS !

Wed Oct 02, 2013 2:35 pm

if you have RouterBOARD handy - create metarouter, with openWRT running there, set up serial port transfer through TCP and you have what you want.
 
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Re: Mikrotik Custom OS !

Sat Nov 23, 2013 8:30 pm

On the other hand you can buy raspberry pi or hp thinclient (cheap, about 12w power).

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