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NPort 5600-8-DT User’s Manual Using NPort Administrator
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COM Mapping
The NPort Administrator Suite is installed with Real COM drivers that work with Windows 95
and above. These drivers transparently connect a COM port on the PC to a device port on the
NPort device server. This allows a local application to use COM5, for example, to communicate
with a device attached to the NPort. Use the COM Mapping function to define the mapping
assignments.
ATTENTION
A device port must be operating in Real COM mode in order to be used in COM mapping.
Finding Your Device Server
If the list of available servers is empty, find your device server on the network using the Add
Target command in the function context menu.
You may need to click “Rescan” to search the network again for NPort device servers. Once your
device server has been found, select it in order to add it to the COM mapping list. You can also
select “Input manually” to enter a specific IP address and model.