Mitsubishi via Serial To Ethernet

[LucasLeroy]

Hi, I currently have a Mitsubishi FX2N PLC and it currently communications to a HMI via RS-485 and from the HMI there is an RS-232 connection to a Red Lion unit for data logging. I'm looking at removing the Red Lion unit and using that serial to get into the PLC. There is no more room in the Panel for an additional ethernet card or changing the RS-485 as this is needed for the HMI. Does anyone know of a module or software that would work to convert the serial to ethernet on this type of mitsubishi PLC?

[Zimblack]

You will need https://www.virtualserialportdriver.com/ or something similar so that you get a virtual serial port on your computer. Since the FX2N only supports serial communication there's no option to directly go through ethernet from GX Dev. Therefore you need to get a virtual serial port program which points to the correct ethernet IP address on your network. and then you can use hardware devices or https://www.serial-over-ethernet.com/ to redirect data from the virtual com port to your laptop or PC.