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Remote edge

A remote serial port, on your desk

Reach the serial port of a Linux edge device over SSH and decode it locally — as if the meter or PLC were plugged into your own machine.

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Serial over SSH

Open a remote Linux device's serial port through an SSH connection.

Reach the field

Work with gateways, RTUs and headless edge boxes without leaving your desk.

Decoded locally

Bytes tunnel back and decode on your machine — same protocols, same trace.

Uses your SSH access

Rides your existing SSH credentials; nothing extra is exposed on the device.

Over the tunnel

The field line, decoded locally

Switch the connection mode to Remote, point it at your edge device, and the serial line comes to you. Every byte is decoded on your machine, so distance changes nothing about how you work.

  • Reach a remote /dev/ttyUSB0 through your SSH session
  • Same decoders, trace, search and export as a local port
  • Great for gateways, RTUs and headless edge devices
See protocol decoding
Omni Console — Remote (SSH)
Mode Remote (SSH) pi@edge-gw-03 tunnel up
remote port /dev/ttyUSB0 9600 8N1 RTU bridge
22:04:10.​008 — ssh tunnel established → edge-gw-03
22:04:11.​210  TX  11 03 00 00 00 0A C5 6D
→ Read Holding · regs 0–9 (over SSH)
22:04:11.​​​  RX  11 03 14 00 E6 00 32 03 F5 ...
→ 10 registers decoded locally ▋
Serial bytes tunnelled over SSH from the edge device — decoded on your machine.
Three steps

From SSH to decoded traffic

01

Connect over SSH

Point Omni Console at your edge device — host, user and your usual SSH credentials.

02

Pick the remote port

Choose the device's serial port (e.g. /dev/ttyUSB0) and the line settings.

03

Decode at your desk

Traffic streams back over the tunnel and decodes locally, exactly like a local port.

Where it shines

Built for the field

Field gateways

Read a Modbus or DLMS line on a gateway installed at a remote site.

Headless edge devices

No screen on the box? Drive its serial port from your workstation.

Remote commissioning

Bring a meter or PLC online from the office instead of a site visit.

Intermittent debugging

Reconnect to capture the line whenever a field fault reappears.

Remote questions

Remote edge, answered

What kind of remote device is supported?
A Linux device you can reach over SSH — an edge gateway, industrial PC or single-board computer with a serial port (USB-serial or onboard UART).
What travels over the connection?
The serial bytes are tunnelled over your SSH session and decoded on your machine, so you get the same protocol decoding as a local capture.
Do you store my SSH credentials?
Omni Console uses your SSH access to reach the device; it doesn't add any new service or open ports on the remote box beyond your SSH session.
Can I still use flows and the decoders?
Yes — a remote port behaves like a local one, so decoding, search, export and flows all work the same way.

Bring the field to your bench.

Download Omni Console and reach a remote serial port over SSH — free for 30 days.

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