Atop Technology SE5416A User manual - Manual (Page 79)

Atop Industrial Serial Device Server
SE5408A/SE5416A Series
User Manual V 1.0
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7.2 Link Mode Applications
7.2.1 TCP Server Application: Enable Virtual COM
SE5416A Series will encapsulate control packets on top of the real data when Virtual COM is
enabled. This will allow the Virtual COM port in the Windows/Linux system to access SE5416A
Series’ COM ports. The benefit of using Virtual COM is that rewriting an existing COM program
to read IP packets is unnecessary. In other words, it is possible to use an ordinary serial (COM)
program. The conversion/virtualization of IP to COM is all done in the system driver
transparently. Figure 7.7 shows SE5416A Series in TCP Server mode with Virtual COM
enabled.
Figure 7.7
 Follow Sec 7.1.1 to configure SE5416A Series in TCP Server mode properly.
 Click on the dropdown box of the Mode option and switch to “Virtual COM” to enabled
Virtual COM application in SE5416A Series.
 Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “Save Configuration” button to save the
changes.
 Configure Virtual COM in the Operating System. For Windows, refer to Chapter 8 . For
Linux, refer to a separate manual included in the Linux driver zip file. Remember
SE5416A Series’ IP address and Local Port here in order to enter this information in