1. Before Using the Product
COM-1(LPCI)H, COM-2(LPCI)H, COM-4(LPCI)H
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Support Software
You should use CONTEC support software according to your purpose and development environment.
Standard COM Driver Software
COM Setup Disk
(Bundled)
The purpose of this software is to allow the CONTEC serial communication boards to be used under Windows or Linux
in the same way as the standard COM ports on the PC. By installing additional boards, you can use COM ports in the
range COM1 - COM256.
The boards can be used for all types of serial communications such as for remote access service (RAS) and
uninterruptible power supply (UPS) applications.
Under Windows, the serial ports can be accessed using the standard Win32 API communication routines (CreateFile( ),
WriteFile( ), ReadFile( ), and SetCommState( ), etc.) The serial ports are also compatible with the Visual Basic
communication control (MSComm). Supports the communication class of .NET Framework 2.0 (SerialPort class).
Under Linux, the serial ports are compatible with the operating system's standard tty driver. The standard routines
including open( ), close( ), read( ), write( ) are supported.
< Operating environment >
OS
Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP, NT, Me, 98, Linux etc..
You can download the updated version from the CONTEC’s Web site (http://www.contec.com/comdrv/). For more
details on the supported OS, applicable language and new information, please visit the CONTEC’s Web site.
CAUTION
The maximum number of COM ports able to be used depends on the configuration of your OS.
Driver library
API-PAC(W32)
(Available for downloading (free of charge) from the CONTEC web
site.)
API-PAC(W32) is the library software that provides the commands for CONTEC hardware products in
the form of Windows standard Win32 API functions (DLL). It makes it easy to create high-speed
application software taking advantage of the CONTEC hardware using various programming languages
that support Win32 API functions, such as Visual Basic and Visual C/C++.
It can also be used by the installed diagnosis program to check hardware operations.
CONTEC provides download services (at http://www.contec.com/apipac/) to supply the updated drivers
and differential files.
For details, visit the CONTEC’s Web site.
< Operating environment >
OS
Windows 7, Vista, XP, Server 2003 etc..
Adaptation language
Visual C/C++, Visual Basic, Delphi, Builder, etc..
Others
Each piece of library software requires 50 megabytes of free hard disk space.
CAUTION
This library provides local routines that are specific to CONTEC (SioOpen( ), SioWrite( ), SioRead( ), SioStatus( ),
etc.). These are not compatible with the standard Win32 API communication routines (CreateFile( ) and WriteFile( ),
etc.).
