Typical Applications; Virtual Com Application - ICPDAS PDS-811 User Manual

Programmable Device Server with I/O Expansion Slot(s)

5. Typical Applications

5.1 Virtual COM Application

The PDS-8x1 controller is designed to link RS-232/422/485 devices to an Ethernet network. The
VxComm utility allows the built-in PDS-8x1 COM Port to be virtualized to a standard COM Port of a
host PC, as shown below:
In the configuration above, Meter-1 is virtualized to link to COM3 of the host PC. Therefore, a
program originally designed for the MS-COMM standard can access the meter without the need for
any modification.
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