SENA Serial_IPTM Redirector 4.3 - Manual (Page 3)

1.1 A Brief Review of the Basics
1.2
What You Need to Get Started
1.3 Solving Problems
1.1 A Brief Review of the Basics
The Serial/IP Redirector from Tactical Software adds "virtual" COM ports to the Windows operating system.
Similar to regular COM ports that allow PC applications to use local serial ports, Serial/IP COM ports allow PC
applications to use serial ports on a serial server. Because Serial/IP COM ports work like regular COM ports, PC
applications do not have to be changed to use a serial server through the Serial/IP Redirector.
The Serial/IP Redirector runs as a kernel-level device driver in the Windows operating system. This means that
Serial/IP COM ports are available to PC applications at all times, even if no user is logged in. The Serial/IP
Redirector is a high-performance kernel-mode driver with a small "footprint", modest memory requirements and
low overhead. The Serial/IP applet in the Windows Control Panel configures Serial/IP COM ports and displays
their activity.
Most TCP/IP-based serial servers will work with the Serial/IP Redirector, which detects and uses the specific
protocols supported by a serial server. When configuring Serial/IP COM ports, you can use the Serial/IP
Configuration Wizard to verify immediately that the Serial/IP Redirector can communicate with the serial server
over the network.
The pieces fit together in the following way:
1. You place a serial server on your network and attach devices to its serial ports.
1. Getting Started