Com Port Redirector (Virtual Com Port) - Advantech EKI-1351 User Manual

EKI-1351 and EKI-1352 has an 802.11b/g transceiver in addition to its serial and
Ethernet ports. Each serial port is connected to the serial communication port of a
device. The wireless transceiver connects to another wireless device or to an Access
Point (AP).
2.1.2

COM port redirector (Virtual COM port)

Advantech COM port mapping utility is a serial COM port redirector that creates
virtual COM ports and provides access to serial device connected to Advantech
serial device server. Advantech COM port mapping utility is integrated with
Advantech serial device server configuration utility. You can configure the device
server and enable the Virtual COM port using one integrated utility. Advantech serial
device server utility allows you to configure Microsoft applications to communicate
with network enabled device servers as easily as if they were physically installed in or
directly connected on the PC.
The Advantech redirector can create up to 255 virtual COM ports. Application on the
host can open virtual COM port to access the serial device servers at the same time.
The redirector will handle each active virtual COM port as a separate TCP
connection to Advantech serial device servers.
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