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Serial Addressability
This example shows that it is possible to communicate to specific serial
devices (e.g., PC 2 COM1, and PC 3 COM1) over the radio network.
Note that TCP is used as the transport layer for communication here,
which provides data reliability at the application level.
1. Configure Remote 1 and Remote 2 by navigating to the
COM2 Configuration
(Note that an Ethernet connection to Remote 1 and Remote 2—not
shown in Figure 28— will be required for this step, unless Telnet is
used.)
Status: Enabled
Mode: TCP Server Socket
Local Radio Port: 30000
Connection Timeout: 0 Seconds
Persistent Connection: Yes
COM2 Port Settings
2. Navigate to the
configure them as listed below (note that VRCs are not used):
Mode: RS232
Baud Rate: 115200 bps
Format: 8 char bits, no parity, 1 stop bit
Buffer: Data Handling ON
Device: DCE
Talk on: VRC-1
Listen to: VRC-1
Commit Configuration
3. Click
To test the functionality of the Terminal Server, open a HyperTerminal
session on PC1 and connect to the Remote Terminal Server as shown in
Figure 29.
Figure 29. Remote 1 Terminal Server Connection
On PC2, Open a HyperTerminal session and connect to Remote 1's
COM2 port as shown in Figure 30.
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screen and setting the parameters as listed below.
of Remote 1 and Remote 2 and
after the changes are made.
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Term Srvr 2
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