Moxa Pcomm; Installing Pcomm; Pcomm Programming Library; Utilities - Moxa Technologies PCI Express Board User Manual

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Moxa PComm

PComm, a professional serial communication tool for PCs, is a software package that runs under Windows
NT95/98/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7(x86 and x64). PComm provides:
• A powerful serial communication library that simplifies serial programming tasks for most popular
programming languages. The serial communication library is useful for developing applications for data
communications, remote access, data acquisition, and industrial control under Windows
NT95/98/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7(x86 and x64), and is a simpler programming solution compared to
the more complex Windows Win32 COMM API.
• Useful utilities such as diagnostics, monitor, and terminal emulator.
• Illustrative sample programs.
• Comprehensive on-line documentation.

Installing PComm

To install PComm, run \Setup.exe from the Documentation and Software CD. Note that the PComm
diagnostics and monitor utilities are for Moxa boards only. To use these utilities, you must have a Moxa board
and the appropriate Windows (NT/95/98/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7(x86 and x64) device driver installed in
your system. See the "Software Installation" chapter for instructions on how to install the drivers.
After installing PComm, click Start, select Program Files, and then the PComm Lite group to select from the
list of utilities and documents.

PComm Programming Library

The serial communication library helps you develop serial communications programs for any COM port that
complies with the Microsoft Win32 API. This library facilitates the implementation of multi-process,
multi-thread serial communication programs, and greatly reduces the time required to develop applications.
For a complete description of the library functions and sample programs for Visual C++, Visual Basic, and
Delphi, check the help file and the sample programs in the PComm directory.

Utilities

In this section, we provide brief descriptions of each utility. For more information about these utilities, read the
on-line help from the Documentation and Software CD.

Diagnostics (for Moxa boards only)

This convenient diagnostics program, which only works with Moxa boards and ports, provides internal and
external testing of IRQ, TxD/RxD, UART, CTS/RTS, DTR/DSR, DTR/DCD, etc. The diagnostics program allows
the user to check both the hardware and software functions.
To run the diagnostics program, click Start  Program  PComm Lite  Diagnostic. A typical test report
for a Moxa board is as follows:
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