User manual Version 1.5
SW5001 Wireless Serial Server
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Using Virtual COM
Virtual COM
driver mode for windows converts COM port data (RS232) to IP data to control the RS-232C
port on a SW5001 over the IP network. By creating Virtual COM ports on the PC, Virtual COM redirects the
communications from the Virtual COM ports to an IP address and port number on a SW5001 which
connected to the serial devices. The following figure is Virtual COM connection diagram.
Physical COM1
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 67. 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, 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. Applying to the SW5001
Limitation
Virtual COM driver provides user to select up to
256 COM ports
as Virtual COM ports in a monitoring PC.
User can select them from a list of COM ports, which is from COM1 up to COM256.
