SW5502C
Wireless Serial Server
User Manual
VCOM installation
and troubleshooting
Virtual COM on host computer allows remote access of serial devices over TCP
/
IP networks through Serial
/
IP
Virtual COM ports that work like local native COM ports
is an example of Virtual COM application
diagram
.
In the diagram, multiple serial servers
(
i
.
e
.
SW550XC devices
)
in which each one connects to serial device
are connected over an Ethernet hub
.
Their serial devices can be accessed through the TCP
/
IP network of the hub
.
Note that there are only two Physical COM ports
(
COM 1 and COM 2
)
on the personal computer
(
PC
)
while there
can be several Virtual COM ports such as COM 3, 4, 5, and so on
.
In SW550XC case, the TCP
/
IP network can be
either wired network such as Ethernet or wireless network
such as Wi
-
Fi
(
IEEE 802
.
11
).
Figure 6.3
An Example Diagram of Virtual COM Application over TCP
/
IP Network
To enable Virtual COM on host computer, you will require a software utility or VCOM driver software to emulate
the COM port
.
For Windows operating system, a software utility called Serial
/
IP is supported by Atop to be used
for this purpose
.
Please see discussion about the VCOM driver utility in the following subsections
.
6.1.1
VCOM Driver Setup
The supported VCOM driver or Serial
/
IP utility has the following requirements
.
System Requirements
Windows Operating System Supported Platform
(
32
/
64 bits
)
Win10
Win8
