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Section 4 - Configuring the Serial Server Vlinx VESR4x4 Serial Server
Page 38 of 70 Manual Documentation Number: VESR4x4-0712m
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If you selected: everyone on a specific UDP port (send broadcast),
type the UDP port number into the This is the UDP port I want to
send data to: box
If you selected: only specific IP addresses (send unicast), type the
IP addresses and port numbers into the These are the IP addresses I
want to send data to: text boxes
If you selected: only a range of IP addresses (send unicast range),
type the ranges of IP addresses and port numbers into the These are
the IP addresses I want to send data to: text boxes
4. Select the required Receive options:
a. nobody - receives from nobody
b. everyone on a specific UDP port (receive broadcast) - receives from
all UDP ports on the network (specified later)
c. only specific IP addresses (receive unicast) - receives from specific
network IP addresses (specified later)
d. only a range of IP addresses (receive unicast range) - receives from
all IP addresses within a specified range (specified later)
5. Configure the Receive IP addresses and port numbers:
If you selected: everyone on a specific UDP port (receive
broadcast), type the UDP port number into the This is the UDP port I
want to receive data from: box
If you selected: only specific IP addresses (receive unicast), type
the IP addresses and port numbers into the These are the IP
addresses I want to receive data from: text boxes
If you selected: only a range of IP addresses (receive unicast
range), type the ranges of IP addresses and port numbers into the
These are the IP addresses I want to receive data from: text boxes
6. Click Save
Setting up Virtual COM (VCOM) Operation
When the Network Protocol is set to VCOM (Virtual COM Port) the serial
server communicates over the network with a PC, acting as a remote COM
port for the computer.