I work with aging automation systems for building HVAC controls and thus no IP support for remote connections. I can however dial into the systems using terminal software such as Hyperterminal from a WIN OS. Does anyone know of an application I can use to act as a dial-up ANSI emulator? I hope I'm even on the right trail here.... thanx!

The closest your going to get is a SSH app:

MIDPSSH (free, open source, source code available) MidpSSH | SSH and Telnet client for Mobile devices (MIDP/J2ME)

Ikodorro Mobile SSH (BlackBerryForums.com : Your Number One BlackBerry Community) (payware, trial available)

Thank you Headtailgrep, I've visited the sites before and they looked promising... but not sure if the protocols those clients use will work with the systems. Definitely worth checking out though. Thanks again!

MIDPSSH is built on FloydSSH and supports a suprising number of terminal emulators..

I guess the problem for you is how will you interface with your applications? Your not going to use Serial, infrared, or even bluetooth.. all you really have is TCP/IP. You will have to set up a TCP/IP proxy with SSH, so you can SSH into a box, then use this box to communicate over serial, etc to whatever you have on the other end..

that would fit your needs anyway..