King:
This may be of no help but I'll toss it your way... I had a similar situation
as I wanted to get data from a Coulter EPICS to my PC. I had to use a "null"
modem cable as the i/o was a serial connection. The EPICs already had "data
export" software. I had to use communication software on the PC in order to receive the data, specifically I used Procom. It took a couple of tries
to get the two to talk as I had to work out all the communication parameters,
like baud, data bits, parity - once I did, it worked like a charm. I hope
that's of some use as most of the detail have left me since that was four
years ago!!!
I hope it can help...
David
