
NPort 5000 Series User Manual
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Android API Instructions
Overview
If you want to remote control your serial devices on an Android platform, then the MxNPortAPI is a simple
application programming tool that you can use.The MxNPortAPI helps programmers develop an Android
application to access the device server by TCP/IP.
The MxNPortAPI provides frequently used serial command sets like port control, input/output, etc., and the
style of developed Android application is similiar to MOXA Driver Manager. For more details of the provided
functions, please refer the “MxNPortAPI Function Groups” section.
This MxNPortAPI is layered between the Android application and Android network manager framework. This
Android library is compatible with Java 1.7, Android 3.1 (Honeycomb - API version 12), and later versions.