User`s manual

User’s Manual Version 1.2

Devolinx Serial-Ethernet Server

STE-601C

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Applying to the serial server

Cautions on Use

Virtual COM supports firmware AP v3.4 and above for the STE-601C Serial-Ethernet Servers.

Limitation

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 the Virtual

COM “.exe” program included in the CD to install 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 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, Uninstall Serial IP to remove the program.

4.5.2 Virtual COM communication

4.5.2.1 Enable Virtual COM on STE-601C

From web browser access to STE-601C 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: