Moxa Technologies 5400 - Manual (Page 68)

COM Mapping
Windows Administration Suite comes with the Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP Real COM drivers.
After you install Windows Administration Suite, there are two ways to set up the NPort’s serial port as
your host’s remote COM port.
The first way is On-line COM Mapping. On-line COM Mapping will check to make sure the NPort
is correctly connected to the network and then install the driver on the host computer.
The second way is Off-line COM Installation, without connecting the NPort to the network first.
Off-line COM Mapping can decrease the system integrator’s effort by solving different field problems.
Via off-line installation, user can process the host software installation and then install the NPort to
different fields.
Use the following procedure to map COM ports:
1. On-line COM Mapping:
Connect NPort to the network Set NPort to the proper IP address Map COMs to your host
Apply Change.
2. Off-line COM Mapping:
Map COMs to your host Apply Change Connect NPort to the network Configure
NPort’s IP address.
On-line COM Mapping
Broadcast Search for NPorts on the
network.
Select the COM Mapping function group.
Add the target you would like to map COM
ports to.
The NPort list that appears will be based on the Broadcast Search
on the Configuration. Select the NPort you want to map COM
ports to.
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