MCC iPort/LAN 2, Руководство пользователя

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2 Interconnects
The iPort/LAN 2 includes interconnections:
2.1 Ethernet Connector
The Ethernet connector provides connection from the I
2
C adapter to a Direct, Local,
or Remote host computer, with Link Detection (Yellow, Left) and Network Activity
(Green, Right) status LEDs.
In a typical setup, a PC uses a standard Ethernet cable, or WiFi, to connect to an
Ethernet hub, switch, or access point. From that point, a local network, or the
Internet, completes the link to the iPort/LAN 2 adapter. A Direct-connect setup uses
a crossover Ethernet cable to connect the iPort/LAN 2 directly to the Ethernet port
on a host computer.
2.1.1 Virtual Communications Port (VCP)
The iPort/LAN 2 provides a Virtual Communications Port (VCP) interface via a
software driver installed on the host computer. Once the driver is installed,
Windows will automatically create a new ComPort (COMn) on the host computer.
The VCP hides the complexities of a network physical interface, and provide access
to local or remote iPort/LAN 2 devices.
Application programs running on the host computer communicate with the
iPort/LAN 2 via the standard Windows Communications Application Program
Interface (API). See section 5, Virtual ComPort, for additional VCP driver
information.