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Chapter 4
Serial Programming Tool
Moxa supports a class of easy to use, yet powerful serial programming libraries and communication
troubleshooting utilities under Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 and Windows 95/98/Me. Use these MOXA
Serial Programming Tools to decrease your software development time. In the following sections, we
describe the installation of the library, and the utilities supported for various programming platforms.
PComm
, a professional serial comm tool for PCs, is a software package that runs under Windows
NT/2000/XP/2003 and Windows 95/98/Me.
PComm
provides:
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A powerful serial communication library for easy programming in the most popular programming
languages. The serial communication library is useful for developing applications for data
communications, remote access, data acquisition, and industrial control under Windows
NT/2000/XP/2003 or Windows 95/98/Me. It is a simpler solution compared to the more complex
Windows Win32 COMM API.
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Useful utilities such as diagnostic, monitor, and terminal emulator.
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Illustrative sample programs,
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Comprehensive on-line documentation.
The following topics are covered in this chapter:
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PComm Installation
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PComm Programming Library
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Utilities