NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual
Configuring NPort Administrator
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COM Mapping
Windows Administration Suite comes with Windows Real COM drivers. After you install NPort
IA5150/5250 Administration Suite, there are two ways to set up the NPort IA5150/5250 serial port
as your host’s remote COM port.
The first way is with
On-line COM Mapping
. On-line COM Mapping will check to make sure
that the NPort IA5150/5250 is connected correctly to the network, and then install the driver on
the host computer.
The second way is with
Off-line COM Installation
, without first connecting the NPort
IA5150/5250 to the network. Off-line COM Mapping can decrease the system integrator’s effort
by solving different field problems. Via off-line installation, users can first process software
installation for the host, and then install the NPort IA5150/5250 to different fields.
Use the following procedure to map COM ports:
1.
On-line COM Mapping:
Connect the NPort IA5150/5250 to the network
Æ
Set the NPort IA5150/5250 to the proper
IP address
Æ
Map COMs to your host
Æ
Apply Change.
2.
Off-line COM Mapping:
Map COMs to your host
Æ
Apply Change
Æ
Connect the NPort IA5150/5250 to the network
Æ
Configure the NPort IA5150/5250’s IP address.
On-line COM Mapping
1.
Broadcast Search
for NPort IA5150/5250s on the network.
2.
Select the
COM Mapping
function group.
