User Manual

User manual Version 1.0
ABLELink Wireless Serial Server
SW2001
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Applying to the serial server
Cautions on Use
Atop Virtual COM supports firmware AP v3.4 and above of ABLELink Wirless Serial Servers.
Limitation
Atop Virtual COM driver provides user to select up to 256 COM ports as Virtual COM ports in a
monitoring PC. User can select them from a list of COM ports, which is from COM1 up to COM256.
Installation
Make sure you have turned off all anti-virus software before beginning the installation. Run
AtopVcom.exe program included in the CD to install Atop Virtual COM for your operating system.
In the end of the installation, please select one or two COM ports to become the Virtual COM ports.
Uninstalling
1. From Windows Start menu select Setting, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs.
2. Select Serial IP for ATOP in the list of installed software.
3. Click the Add/Remove button to remove the program, or From Windows Start menu select
Programs, Serial IP for ATOP, Uninstall Serial IP for ATOP to remove the program.
4.5.2 Virtual COM communication
4.5.2.1 Enable Virtual COM on SW2001
From web browser access to SW2001 by typing its IP address, click on COM1 link to access COM1
page, on the top half of the page click on “TCP Server” and enable Virtual COM by putting a check
in front of the “Enable” button, then type in the local port number in the “Local Port” field as
indicated in the following figure:
For the users of Mitsubishi A-Series PLC, it may be recommended to enable “Mitsubishi A-Series
PLC” in the case of some connection problems occurred.