I have both the Serialio and Aircable. Both work well. I prefer the Aircable however. I have tested the Aircable DB9 adapter with both the Zaurus Aircable BT serial adapter and a Zaurus BT CF card (Blue Monkey).
If you cannot get the Zaurus Aircable BT adapter that connects to the Z serial port, but still want a wireless serial solution consider a BT CF card and the Aircable DB9. Use ircomm to bind (as documented in the book Linux Unwired). I also had to remove 'sniff' from the list of link policies in hcid.conf to correct latency and connect issues.
Newer notebooks also lack a serial port, but many have BT. The Aircable works well with Windows/XP and BT.
My only issue with wireless serial using BT is that multiple products including Aircable claim to support power from pin 9, however not a single machine/switch/terminal server in my lab supplies any power on pin 9, and who wants to drag a power supply around? Fortunately the Aircable has a 4-10 V tolerance, so a rubber band attached 9V battery works great (I tested a Lion 9V battery for duration and was able to stream at 9600 bps for 48 hours). I also built a USB to power adapter plug for the Aircable. Coincidentally it also works to charge my Jabra BT headset.
Another potential problem in the data center is the possibility of closed racks with EMI/RFI shielding. When I Aircable a Cisco I am usually in the back of the rack with the Cisco (line of sight), or I put the Aircable on the top of the rack (Cisco serial cables are usually long). I have stood 10m away with no problems.
If you choose to use Aircable DB9 this script (
http://sense.net/~egan/aircable) may be useful to you to switch modes. I use this script on my Z (you will need to install Expect and Kermit) with my Serialio cable.
Usage:
aircable settings
aircable mode service (serial service mode, for use with Z CF BT card, Bluez, Windows XP, etc...)
aircable mode cable (default mode, for use with other aircable products)
Serial is great, I hope it lasts for ever, and Serial/BT even better.
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