Titan Electronics NCOM SERIAL 4XX Series, Руководство пользователя

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1. INTRODUCTION
References to NCOM-413 in this document represents NCOM-413, NCOM-412 and
NCOM-411, unless stated otherwise.
NCOM-413 is a network-based serial device server. It is designed to control your serial
devices located virtually anywhere through a TCP/IP or UDP/IP network connection.
The serial device server can map TCP/IP connections and UDP broadcasts to a virtual
serial port. Applications include accessing a faraway device for functions such as
remote control and data transmission. NCOM-413 serves as a transparent virtual serial
port without limitations on operating systems and distances. The virtual serial port
redirection uses the protocol known as RFC2217.
NCOM-413 supports several operation modes, including Driver mode, RFC2217
Server/Client mode, Pair Connection mode, TCP Server/Client mode and UDP mode.
It also supports Windows virtual serial port driver, allowing you to add four virtual
serial ports in your Windows system to work over a TCP/IP network. The virtual serial
port functions as a native Windows COM port and is compatible with Windows serial
communication applications. It is installed in the device manager of the operating
system. This in turn will allow communications with the connected serial device in the
same manner as a device physically connected to the COM port on a PC. The serial
port supports high serial speeds up to 460.8kbps in RS-232 for NCOM-411, RS-422/485
for NCOM-412 or RS-232/RS-422/485 for NCOM-413.
Serial port operation mode can be easily changed in NCOM-413/NCOM-412 via
software. This can be done using our Windows utility software or the web console
interface.
NCOM-413 serial device server supports automatic IP configuration protocol (DHCP)
and fixed static IP configuration via the handy web browser console. NCOM-413
provides a utility software for Windows, called NCOM Virtual Serial Port Manager. This
program can detect, manage and configure NCOM serial device server in your network.
This manual covers three different models of four-port serial device server:
NCOM-411 Quad RS-232
NCOM-412 Quad RS-422/485
NCOM-413
Quad RS-232/422/485
In general, the software installation and operation is the same on all models, except
for the different software settings for the configuration of serial operation modes on
NCOM-413 and NCOM-412.