NPort IA5000A Series
IP Serial LIB
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Overview
What is IP Serial Library?
IP Serial Library is a Windows library with frequently used serial command sets and subroutines. IP Serial
Library is designed to reduce the complexity and poor efficiency of serial communication over TCP/IP. For
example, Telnet can only transfer data, but it can't monitor or configure the serial line’s parameters.
Why Use IP Serial Library?
For programmers who are familiar with serial communication, IP Serial Library provides well-designed function
calls that have the same style as Moxa’s PComm Library.
IP Serial Library is amazingly simple and easy to understand. By including it in your VB, C, or Delphi
programming environment, you can program your own TCP/IP application with the ability to control serial
communication parameters.
NPort IA5000A serial device servers use 2 TCP ports for communication between the NPort IA5000A and host
computer’s Real COM driver. The NPort IA5000A uses a data port and command port to provide pure data
transfer without decode and encode. Compared to using only one TCP port to control serial communication
(such as RFC2217), IP Serial Library uses a command port to communicate with the NPort IA5000A in user’s
program. IP Serial Library not only runs with excellent efficiency but also runs without any decode or encode
problems.
How to install IP Serial Library?
IP Serial Lib comes with the NPort IA5000A Administration Suite. Refer to the IP Serial directory for more detail
about the function definitions.
IP Serial LIB Function Groups
Server Control Port Control
Input/Output Data Port Status Inquiry
Miscellaneous
nsio_init
nsio_end
nsio_resetserver
nsio_checkalive
nsio_open
nsio_close
nsio_ioctl
nsio_flowctrl
nsio_DTR
nsio_RTS
nsio_lctrl
nsio_baud
nsio_resetport
nsio_read
nsio_SetReadTimeouts
nsio_write
nsio_SetWriteTimeouts
nsio_lstatus
nsio_data_status
nsio_break
nsio_break_on
nsio_break_off
nsio_breakcount