Terminal Server User Guide, Version 3.3
131
COMredirect Utility
Appendix D
D
Introduction
This chapter provides information on the COMredirect utility.
COMredirect
COMredirect is a com port redirector utility for the Terminal Server. It can be run in two modes:
z
COMredirect Full mode
—This mode allows complete device control and operates exactly like
a directly connected serial port. It provides a complete COM port interface between the attached
serial device and the network.
z
COMredirect Lite mode
—This mode provides a simple raw data interface between the device
and the network. Although the port will still operate as a COM port, control signals are ignored.
In this mode, the serial communications parameters must be configured on the Terminal Server.
You use COMredirect when you want to connect extra terminals to a server using a Terminal Server
rather than a multi-port serial card. When run on UNIX, COMredirect allows you to print directly
from a terminal to an attached printer (transparent printing). You can also remap the slow baud rate
of your UNIX server to a faster baud rate, as shown below.
Currently, COMredirect is supported on Linux, Windows, SCO, Solaris, Unixware and HP.
For more information, see the
COMredirect User Guide
for your platform or the
COMredirect
Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows NT
on the CD-ROM.
Network
Serial Connection
Ethernet
UNIX
, running
COMredirect Daemon,
baud rate 4,800
Map UNIX baud
rate 4,800 to
230,400 for faster
throughput
PC
