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Conserver is an application that allows multiple users to watch a serial
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console at the same time (serial meaning 'serial data stream' here, not
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necessarily any physical RS-232 port). It can log the data, allows users
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to take write-access of a console (one at a time), and has a variety
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of bells and whistles to accentuate that basic functionality. The idea is
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that conserver will log all your serial traffic so you can go back and
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review why something crashed, look at changes (if done on the console),
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or tie the console logs into a monitoring system (just watch the logfile
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it creates, for instance using dnotify).
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Multi-user capabilities allow you to work on equipment with others, mentor,
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train, etcetera. It also does all that client-server stuff so that, assuming
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you have a network connection, you can interact with any of the equipment
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from home or wherever.
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