User manual

User manual Version 2.3

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Serial-Ethernet Server

GW21W

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.

4.2 Virtual COM communication

Enable virtual COM on GW21W

From web browser access to GW21W by typing its IP address, click on COM1 or COM2 link to access

COM1 or COM2 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:

or you can enable Virtual COM through Telnet by setting COM1 or COM2 as TCP server, and type in the

local port number for COM1 or COM2, then enable Virtual COM as shown in the following figure:

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