Connecting a Bluetooth Device to Lan

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I have a solar pv inverter (Sunny Boy) which has a built in bluetooth transmitter to enable monitoring using a laptop or similar bluetooth enabled device.
Sadly the inverter is in the loft and out of range.

There is however a lan switch near the inverter so I am asking if there is a device like a bluetooth access point or bridge device or similar which would enable me to connect from the lan.

Would such a device be transparent or need dedicated software?

Alternatively on the inverter there is an RS 485 interface. Is there a device that will convert this to lan TCP/IP?

The manufacturer offers a webbox option but this would be nearly over 500GBP per Inverter and is out of the question.

Any thoughts, ideas, suggestions, would be appreciated.

Budgie2

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On 2011-10-14 22:36, Budgie2 wrote:
> Alternatively on the inverter there is an RS 485 interface. Is there a
> device that will convert this to lan TCP/IP?

This one I think I have seen, but perhaps to USB.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_TCP_and_UDP_port_numbers
9999 TCP Lantronix UDS-10/UDS100[78] RS-485 to Ethernet Converter TELNET
control

If you google for “RS485 converter” you find several hits.

If you have to use a long cable, put it on the RS-485 side: it is designed
for that.

You might also use a USB to bluetooth converter, and use a longer USB cable.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)