Support for telnet (serial)

I have a Weeder IO board that I want to connect to my home automation system. The board uses serial strings for events and commands - very simplistic. I would like to convert them to/from MQTT messages.

However, I have connected my weeder board serial port to an ethernet (TELNET) interface. So if I telnet to the IP:PORT then the strings and sent/received.

Can the Open MQTT Gateway connect to this port over telnet and send/receive strings to/from mqtt messages?

This is not something that OMG supports out of the box.