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Chapter 6. Virtual COM port redirector
A virtual COM port redirector software package called SERIP Toolkit is provided for
Windows PCs.
servers is managed by the SERIP COM Manager program, the control centre for the SERIP
Toolkit. The SERIP Toolkit is using three components to provide the connectivity between
Figure 6.1: Components of the SERIP Toolkit
Virtual COM Port
The first component is a virtual COM port device driver which emulates a physical serial
port. Windows applications can open and read or write data to virtual COM ports similar
to a real COM port. From an application's perspective there is no difference between a
real COM port and a virtual one. The SERIP COM Manager allows up to 255 COM ports
to be created.
Redirector
The second component is a redirector. The redirector is a background process responsible
for connecting the virtual COM port with a remote serial device server. A redirector is
always attached to a virtual COM port and can be either in stopped, idle or connected
state.
COM Manager
The third component is the SERIP COM Manager application. The SERIP COM Manager
application is used to configure both Virtual COM Port and Redirector. It is also
responsible for automatic starting of the redirector processes during the start-up of the
computer.
Installing the SERIP Toolkit
The SERIP Toolkit can be installed on the following versions of the Windows
operating system: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7,
Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008.
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