About Software; About Sample Programs - Contec COM-1PDH-LPE User Manual

5. About Software

The "Standard COM Driver Software COM Setup Disk" from the supplied CD-ROM provides the
following functions.
- Operation under Windows.
- The serial ports can be used in the same way as the standard COM ports on the PC.
- The boards can be used for all types of serial communications such as for remote access service
(RAS) and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) applications.
- Under Windows, the serial ports can be accessed using the standard Win32 API communication
routines (CreateFile( ), WriteFile( ), ReadFile( ), and SetCommState( ), etc.)
- The serial ports are also compatible with the Visual Basic communication control (MSComm).
- Supports the communication class of .NET Framework (SerialPort class).
Refer to the \PCI\ Readmee.txt files on the bundled disk for details.

About Sample programs

Sample programs are provided in the \Samples folder on the bundled disk.
for reference and testing when developing software.
Visual Basic sample programs
(1) Transmit/Receive sample
- Sends data entered from the keyboard and displays received data on the screen.
- Source folder: \Samples\Vb folder
Visual Basic 2005 sample programs
(1) Transmit/Receive sample
- Sends data entered from the keyboard and displays received data on the screen.
- Source folder: \Samples\VB.NET folder
Visual C# 2005 sample programs
(1) Transmit/Receive sample
- Sends data entered from the keyboard and displays received data on the screen.
- Source folder: \Samples \VCS folder
COM-1PDH-LPE
5. About Software
Use the sample programs
33