User`s manual

User manual Version 1.3
SW5002 Wireless Serial Server
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Appendix A. Using Virtual COM
Virtual COM driver mode for windows converts COM port data (RS232) to IP data to control the RS-232C
port on a SW5002 over the IP network. By creating Virtual COM ports on the PC, Virtual COM redirects the
communications from the Virtual COM ports to an IP address and port number on a SW5002 which
connected to the serial devices. The following figure is Virtual COM connection diagram.
Physical COM1
Physical COM2
COM3
(Virtual COM Port)
COM4
(Virtual COM Port)
COM5
(Virtual COM Port)
COM6
(Virtual COM Port)
COM256
(Virtual COM Port)
PC
:
:
HUB
TCP/IP Network
Serial Line
Serial Device 1
Serial Line
Serial Device 2
Serial Line
Serial Device 3
Serial Line
Serial Device 4
SW5002-WgN1
Fig 67. Setup of a Virtual COM driver
A.1. Pre-installation Requirements
Please check the operating system on your PC complied with the following requirements:
 Processor: Intel-compatible, Pentium class
 Operation system: Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0 SP5 or
later, Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows 95, Microsoft NT/2000 Terminal Server, Citrix Meta
Frame
 Windows Installer 2.0
 Network: Microsoft TCP/IP networking software
A.2. Applying to the SW5002
Limitation
Virtual COM driver provides user to select up to 256 COM ports as Virtual COM ports in a SerialManager
Utility PC. User can select them from a list of COM ports, which is from COM1 up to COM256.