User`s guide
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FMP Programmer’s Guide
Summary of product features:
• Provision of WAN connectivity either through a LAN-based Freeway server or
directly using an embedded ICP
• Elimination of difficult LAN and WAN programming and systems integration by
providing a powerful and consistent data link interface
• Variety of off-the-shelf communication protocols available from Simpact which
are independent of the client operating system and hardware platform
• Support for multiple WAN communication protocols simultaneously
• Support for multiple ICPs (two, four, eight, or sixteen communication lines per
ICP)
• Wide selection of electrical interfaces including EIA-232, EIA-449, EIA-485,
EIA-530, EIA-562, V.35, ISO-4903 (V.11), and MIL-188
• Creation of customized server-resident and ICP-resident software, using
Simpact’s software development toolkits
• Freeway server standard support for Ethernet and Fast Ethernet LANs running
the transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP)
• Freeway server standard support for FDDI LANs running the transmission con-
trol protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP)
• Freeway server management and performance monitoring with the simple net-
work management protocol (SNMP), as well as interactive menus available
through a local console, telnet, or rlogin