Com Port Redirector; Figure 4.2 Com Port Redirector - Advantech EKI-1360-BE Series User Manual

4.1.2

COM Port Redirector

Advantech Serial Device Server Configuration Utility is a serial COM port redirector
that creates virtual COM ports and provides access to serial device connected to
Advantech serial device server. You can configure the serial device server and
enable the Virtual COM port using one integrated utility. Advantech Serial Device
Server Configuration Utility allows you to configure Microsoft applications to
communicate with network enabled serial device servers as easily as if they were
physically installed in or directly connected on the PC.
The Advantech redirector can create up to 4096 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.
4.1.2.1 Normal Mode
The Advantech redirector connects the Advantech serial device servers while an
application open the COM port and disconnects from the Advantech serial device
servers when the application closes the COM port. The redirector uses TCP network
connections to the Advantech serial device server to gain the access to the
connected serial devices.
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Figure 4.2 COM Port Redirector

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