Connecting Proximity Sensors to computer - sockets

I'm asking without knowing anything about this. How can I connect two PNP Proximity Sensors to the computer via Ethernet and receive a signal? Is it possible to connect such sensors based on IP? Then I want to read socket. thanks

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How do I create a Near Edge computing system? (Send sensor data with Raspberry Pi/DHT11 sensor)

I am working on edge computing for IoT applications and expected to create a system that acts as a near edge computer with the use of a raspberry pi hooked up to a dht11 sensor. How do I send this data over to a computer that is at the edge? Ideally I want to use my PC as this device but I have no clue how to send this data over in real time.
So far I have created the circuit and can view the temperature and humidity readings on the raspberry pi in python. Unsure of what the next steps are - I don't want to send this data over to the cloud just yet.
Side note: I believe i may be missing knowledge regarding this but is the raspberry pi an edge device because it is hooked up to the sensor directly?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
You need to think this through a bit more. What will you do with the temperature and humidity data that you receive?
For example, if you're just experimenting and want to just see the readings in a console on your PC, you can use netcat to send the console output of your Python program from the RPi to PC. No SW development needed, they just have to be in the same network. Not particularly useful for anything else, either.
Otherwise you need to set up some client-server solution between the RPi and your PC. There's a ton of possible solutions, all depending on what you plan to do with the data. You can use MQTT, HTTP, a straight database connection (MySQL, PostgreSQL), etc. You have to supply both sides of the connection. The Python code on client side which connects and sends data; and the server side thing that accepts the samples and stores them somewhere. Plus all the networking, authentication etc.
Or you can just download the Python client libraries for your favourite cloud solution and set that up according to a tutorial. TBH, this sounds a lot less work to me.

How Can I send AT commands to GPS module connected to a raspberry pi

My GPS module doesn't automatically turn on its GPS to receive data. The module uses AT commands to turn on GPS and the the GPS shuts down when you remove it from its power source.
The problem is I can turn on the GPS with PUTTY serial monitor when connected directly to my laptop for testing, but I don't know how to turn it on when connected to my raspberry pi because I don't know how to send the AT command through the raspberry pi to power it up.
Is there a way i can send AT commands to a connected device on my raspberry
I have tried the cu method but it doesn't seem to work as I receive no response when I input the AT code
So if I understand it correctly, you can connect the GPS module to your laptop directly and send the AT commands to it but, you are unable to do the same with your RPi.
Think of it like this, how is the computer being able to send the AT commands? Through a UART right? So that means you need a UART like connection between the 2 devices to be able to send AT commands.
Now, lets just replace the computer with the RPi, again you would need a UART connection between the GPS module and the RPi module, lets say a simple RS232 connectivity. Once you have this connection established, you will have to program your RPi to send the appropriate commands to the GPS modem via this connection. So probably what you need to google now is "RS232 communication using RPi". And of course you will need the Tx and Rx connections to be proper between the two devices.

Streaming from Raspberry Pi with wireless connection without connecting to the internet

I am new with Raspberry Pi, I want to make video streaming from Raspberry Pi to the laptop without connecting to the internet and with wireless connection.
I want to know what is the best way to do this, what I have understood while searching the internet, that there is two ways:
making ad hoc network
making an access point from laptop and connecting to it
I have not understood much about them and how to use them and if there is any other ways.
Could anybody summarize the ways of wireless connection and which is the best one for streaming?
And if there is good links for tutorials will be great :D
For Streaming, there is a software called "motion".
ad-hoc is not that stable, you need a network switch in order to get good performance.
keep in mind that you can use routers too as they have already the switch functionality if you have one already.

Forward Bluetooth socket to serial port

I've been trying to figure out how to turn my Raspberry Pi into a USB to Bluetooth serial adapter. I want to be able to send data over Bluetooth to the Pi which has a USB thermal printer registered at /dev/usb/lp0.
Using only standard command line apps such as hciconfig, hcitool, rfcomm, and sdptool I have been able to see the Pi as visible, and pair to it from an Android tablet using a Bluetooth SPP app on the Store. However, the tablet disconnects immediately, and no data is sent. rfcomm listen /dev/rfcomm0 1 also waits for a connection forever.
I think I'm able to achieve what I need without custom code, using solely standard command line apps, but I'm not entirely sure. socat will likely be of use to finally connect the sockets.
Figures that I'd get it right after posting. To anyone else looking to do something similar:
Pair with bluez-simple-agent
Create your serial port channel with sdptool add --channel=x sp
Listen for a connection on that channel with sudo rfcomm listen /dev/rfcomm0 x
Cross the streams with socat /dev/rfcomm0 /dev/usb/lp0
Beautiful. It's all so simple now.

connecting to multiple peers over wi-fi

I have to implement wifi connection with more than one device at a time. In the current example, if i am connecting any two peers, data can be exchanged between them but those devices are no more available in other devices.
I want to implement something like server-client over wifi. In which server can communicate with all and client can communicate with server. All simultaneously.
It is something like this post
I want to know is it possible to connect with more than 1 device simultaneously over wifi? If yes, then what is the maximum number of devices that can be connected in same pattern?