Supported hardware
We have succesfully tested Portharbor.io installed on Raspberry Pi 4 ( 4 GB RAM, fast microSD card like: SanDisk EXTREME PRO microSD ). For professional ussage we reccomend to use server grade hardware.
You can use thinclient even if you want to upgrade your Portharbor.io free account to Premium. TFTP service can run on USB-NIC.
USB Serial Adapters
Portharbor.io is tested with FTDI chip. If you buying new usb-serial adapter please be sure to buy oryginal one not a fake one. Fakes don't have serial number so we can't distinguish between them. Below you have example of supported usb-rs232 adapter based on oryginal FTDI chip.
# ls /dev/serial/by-id/*
/dev/serial/by-id/usb-FTDI_UC232R_FT4JTVQ7-if00-port0
As you can see in the name of device there is a serial number FT4JTVQ7.
We support adapters with up to 32 serial ports to one USB. Like this one:
It is worth to know.
You can mix different adapters together. Use Portharbor.io device with a single one or multi-serial adapters. Portharbor.io support hot plugging so you can add more adapters without downtime.