Actual Installer 4 2 Serial Ports
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Ok so because windows 95 seems to be too common list of words for the search I didnt really know where to start, but this was a bit of a project I am looking into that I guess I wanted to see whether people thought it might actually work or not. Where I work we have a front end terminal for the building management system that controls the A/C system of the building. It was installed in 1999 and has been running 24/7 ever since, the computer itself is a compaq presario with like 64mb of ram and windows 95, the computer has USB but not USB drivers yet and one of our main concerns is if the system goes down it may go down for good and that would become hellishly expensive. So I was chatting to the engineer today who services the BMS and we discussed how the particular software will only run on windows 95 which puts us (and many other companies) in a bit of a situation if it ever failed in so far as the large outlay for replacement equipment beyond just a PC. Having seen a few mentions of how the raspberry pi and also the raspberry pi2 can run windows 95 I thought hmmm maybe we have a replacement solution, but I guess I wondered on the limitations of this virtual machine?
So the BMS systems communicate to the PC front end terminal via a Serial port on the back of the PC, I wondered with the Pi and emulation if this might be achievable? I was thinking the Pi has built in Serial and you can get a serial to USB, but wondered if in win95 emulation if the emulated PC would see either of these as a valid port?
I was thinking the Pi seems a lovely little lightweight replacement solution to effectively replacing a full blown PC that could be an interface between person and BMS working with its original software. Apparently this old BMS and windows 95 problem is an issue the company have with many sites so I thought I know a maybe solution, just need some peeps help to fill in some gaps What are your thoughts? I guess there are a few things here, a PC of any sort is going to cost some Money, a Pi is super cheap. Then on the software side, while I understand vm in windows would be easier, its actually the IT support element it would get complicated at my company, the Pi Solution I could support, which for the amount of use it gets wouldnt be a problem. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 Wii Pal Torrent.
I also figured power consumption is a big one, the Pi uses next to nothing for a terminal which gets used for maybe 20-30 minutes a week total. I thought this might be a nifty little solution, which if it implemented well, was such a cheap idea that it might be able to be implemented for other clients of this same BMS system. Newer versions of the software for newer OS's are available but silly expensive. I guess alot of this is cost driven, one reason the Pi works so well. May I ask which system Bugsy? Some variety of Sauter. If it's Trend 945 then you might find it worth your while looking at although you would still need to re-engineer all of your graphics pages.
Last time I checked (and it was a few years ago) a Trend 963 licence was about £7000, then add engineering time (which adds up quickly for a large site where there are lots of graphic pages). Trend 945 (and other BMS systems as well) can be very particular about running on emulations, I very much doubt that a Pi2 will be able to work. There was also a tendency at that time to require a hardware dongle, without which the software would not run. IIRC Trend 945 requires one. (could be mounted to a serial port, the parallel port or internally within the PC case).
Bugsy_malone 666, Certainly there is more than the cost of the raw hardware to take into account when assessing the feasibility of any project. Let's see what you have there: The Pi is super cheap. However I would suggest that by the time you are setup with a decent case power supply and whatever else you need the system cost is not that different. Also it's not a big deal in terms of all the work you will do developing the solution and installing it. You are not looking at huge quantities I guess. I'm not sure why support issues will be any different with Linux or Windows, Pi or other board.
Somebody has to develop the thing and somebody has to roll it out and support it whatever you do. I will suggest power consumption difference are irrelevant. An Intel NUC or whatever will run off 3 or 4 watts. This is a buildings A/C system we are talking about. Saving a watt or two is lost in the noise. Your major cost is in development, installation and support.