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INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL
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Using Terminal Server as a Virtual COM port (VCP)
The ComNet Terminal Server Configuration application offers easy creation and modification of
VCP connections using a single application. Such connections contain several components:
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The legacy serial application connects to a virtual COM port on the PC. This port is one
of a pair created using com0com. From within the ComNet Terminal Server Configuration
application you can create new port pairs and edit the names of existing ports to cater to serial
applications that do not understand the default CNCA/CNCB naming convention used by
com0com.
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The second port in the pair is opened by com2tcp, which creates a telnet connection to the
remote terminal server over Ethernet. The Configuration application lists all terminal servers it
finds and offers a convenient method for accessing their web-based configuration pages.
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The terminal server connects to the remote serial device, as shown below.
