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Section 4 - Configuring the Serial Server

Vlinx VESR4x4 Serial Server

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If you selected:

everyone on a specific UDP port (send broadcast)

,

type the UDP port number into the

This is the UDP port I want to

send data to:

box

If you selected: only

specific IP addresses (send unicast)

, type the

IP addresses and port numbers into the

These are the IP addresses I

want to send data to:

text boxes

If you selected:

only a range of IP addresses (send unicast range)

,

type the ranges of IP addresses and port numbers into the

These are

the IP addresses I want to send data to:

text boxes

4. Select the required

Receive

options:

a.

nobody

- receives from nobody

b.

everyone

on

a specific UDP port (receive broadcast)

- receives from

all UDP ports on the network (specified later)

c.

only specific IP addresses (receive unicast)

- receives from specific

network IP addresses (specified later)

d.

only a range of IP addresses (receive unicast range)

- receives from

all IP addresses within a specified range (specified later)

5. Configure the

Receive IP addresses and port numbers

:

If you selected:

everyone on a specific UDP port (receive

broadcast)

, type the UDP port number into the

This is the UDP port I

want to receive data from:

box

If you selected:

only specific IP addresses (receive unicast)

, type

the IP addresses and port numbers into the

These are the IP

addresses I want to receive data from:

text boxes

If you selected:

only a range of IP addresses (receive unicast

range)

, type the ranges of IP addresses and port numbers into the

These are the IP addresses I want to receive data from:

text boxes

6. Click

Save

Setting up Virtual COM (VCOM) Operation

When the Network Protocol is set to

VCOM (Virtual COM Port)

the serial

server communicates over the network with a PC, acting as a remote COM
port for the computer.