User manual Version 1.0
EW5302 Wireless Serial Server
Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc.
All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan
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Appendix A. Using Virtual COM
Virtual COM
is a software driver for Microsoft Windows operating system to convert the data in COM port
format to IP protocol format, and to transfer the data between the COM port on EW5302 device and the IP
network. As shown in Fig. 37, by creating Virtual COM ports on a PC, the PC can redirect the
communications from the Virtual COM ports over a TCP/IP network to a connection port of a EW5302 which
is also connected to a Serial device. By using Virtual COM ports, the application running on the PC can
send and receive data from the Serial device transparently over the TCP/IP network.
Physical COM1
Physical COM2
COM3
(Virtual COM Port)
COM4
(Virtual COM Port)
COM5
(Virtual COM Port)
COM6
(Virtual COM Port)
COM256
(Virtual COM Port)
PC
:
:
HUB
TCP/IP Network
Serial Line
Serial Device 1
Serial Line
Serial Device 2
Serial Line
Serial Device 3
Serial Line
Serial Device 4
SW5002-WgN1
Fig. 37. Setup of a Virtual COM driver
A.1. Pre-installation Requirements
Please check the operating system on your PC complied with the following requirements:
Processor: Intel-compatible, Pentium class
Operation system: Windows Server 2003, Window Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows
NT 4.0 SP5 or later, Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows 95, Microsoft NT/2000 Terminal Server,
Citrix Meta Frame
Windows Installer 2.0
Network: Microsoft TCP/IP networking software
A.2. Limitation and Installation
Limitation
Virtual COM driver provides users to select up to 256 COM ports as Virtual COM ports using
SerialManager
Utility software. Users can select them from a list of COM ports, which is from COM1 up to
COM256.