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Using Serial Server Manager
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Exit
• Allows you to Exit the Serial Server Manager program
Help
• Accesses the About vcomui dialogue box, which indicates the software
version number
Server Icons Pane
Firmware Upgrade, Virtual COM Configuration, Searching Server,
Uninstall Virtual COM and Monitor Port Status can also be selected using
icons located in the left window.
Serial Server / Virtual COM Lists
To make management of lists of serial server easier, lists can be sorted by
clicking on any tab heading. Scrolling bars facilitate scrolling through long
lists.
Serial Server List
• Server Name - Displays the name of the Serial Server. The name is
listed once for each port.
•
IP Address - Displays the IP Address for the Serial Server. All ports in a
Serial Server have the same the same IP address.
•
Protocol - Displays the currently selected TCP or UDP mode for the
Serial Server.
•
Port - Displays the port number for each Serial Server port.
•
COM Name - Displays the name of the computer COM port mapped to
each Serial Server port. If no computer port has been mapped it displays
Not mapped.
•
Status - The Status indicates the mapped virtual COM port condition.
Not Connected is shown when a program does not have the
port Open.
Connected is shown when that mapped port is Open for use.
Virtual COM List
• COM Name - Displays the number of the COM port mapped to each
Serial Server port.
•
IP Address - Displays the IP Address for the Serial Server. All ports in a
Serial Server have the same IP address.
Using Serial Server Manager
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• Protocol - Displays the currently selected TCP or UDP mode for the
Serial Server.
•
Port - Displays the port number for each Serial Server port.
•
Flow Control - Indicates what type of flow control is configured for
each port.
•
Status - Indicates whether each port is currently In Use or Not Used.
Status Bar
Displays the current status of the software in the bottom, left corner of the screen
• Ready
• Updating
• Searching reachable servers…
Search for Servers
Upon opening the Serial Server Manager software it will
automatically execute Searching Server and search for all reachable
Serial Servers.
Step 4: To manually initiate a search for servers, click Searching Servers
(under the
Servers menu or the icon on the left side of the screen).
The
Search Setup box will appear.
It provides two options for searching for servers on the network:
Specify the IP Address of the Serial Server
Search all reachable servers
Step 5: Enter the IP Address assigned to the desired Serial Server or click
Search all reachable servers, then OK. IP Address is used to find
Serial Server units that are not on the same subnet. (Routers on the
network will block the standard broadcast used to find servers if
Search all reachable servers is selected.) The user must set an IP
address that conforms to the LAN addressing scheme.
The Searching window is shown until all active Serial Servers on
the LAN are listed in the
Serial Server List window.