XPort or Connect Me help???

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XPORTs are 3.3V devices. You will need a level shifter to convert from the XPORT to the PIC (I use 74HC gates for this purpose), and I put a 1K resistor in series with the output of the PIC to drive the 3.3V input of the XPORT.

The I/Os of the XPort-03 are 5V tolerant, so no real need for level-shifting.

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Setting up the IP address and other network parameters through the serial port using a PIC is NOT trivial - you have to send it setup records, which are Intel Hex strings.

To be honest, I have never tried to configure an XPort through the serial port, since configuration can be done easily through the Ethernet Port directly or using the DeviceInstaller.

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If you need to do extensive configuration of an XPORT using your PIC, I can give you some pointers.

Charles, I would be interrested in your solution.