Atop Technology GW51C-MAXI-WDT User manual User Manual

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Applying to the serial server

Cautions on Use

Virtual COM supports firmware AP v3.4 and above of ABLELink Serial-Ethernet Servers.

Limitation

Atop Virtual COM driver provides user to select up to 256 COM ports as Virtual COM ports in a
SerialManager PC. User can select them from a list of COM ports, which is from COM1 up to
COM256.

Installation

Make sure one have turned off all anti-virus software before beginning the installation. Run
AtopVcom.exe program included in the CD to install Atop Virtual COM for ones operating system.

In the end of the installation, please select one or two COM ports to become the Virtual COM ports.

Uninstalling

From Windows Start menu select Setting, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs.

2. Select

Serial IP for ATOP in the list of installed software

3. Click

the

Add/Remove button to remove the program, or From Windows Start menu select

Programs, Serial IP for ATOP, Uninstall Serial IP for ATOP to remove the program.

4.5.2 Virtual COM communication

4.5.2.1 Enable Virtual COM on GW51C-MAXI Serial Server

From web browser access to GW51C-MAXI Serial Server by typing its IP address, click on COM1 link
to access COM1 page, on the top half of the page click on “TCP Server” and enable Virtual COM by
putting a check in front of the “Enable” button, then enter in the local port number in the “Local Port”
field as indicated in the following figure: