Inquiring Virtual Com Port Setting; Self Test Function - Advantech EDG-4508+ User Manual

4.3 Inquiring Virtual COM Port Setting

You can check the virtual COM port setting by clicking on the EDG
device's ports. In this case, COM11 is assigned to Port 1 of EDG-4516+.

4.3.1 Self Test Function

Test
The purpose of this test is to confirm that the communication from the
host PC to the EDG device is OK. When the test is selected, an external
test will be performed to check that the connection signal between each
port is working properly. For this test, you will need to connect each port
to a Loopback tester. Refer to the following chart for specifications of this
Loopback tester. The Loopback test only applies to RS-232 mode. It is
divided in two parts: Signal test and Communication Parameters test.
1. Click on the Test button in the Port Mapping utility. A message will
confirm that the loopback connector have already been connected
with the EDG COM port. If ready, click the Start button to start the
test.
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