Moxa Technologies NPort 1240 - Manual (Page 26)

Overview
PComm, a professional serial comm tool for PCs, is a software package that runs under Windows
NT/2000/XP and Windows 95/98. PComm provides:
A powerful serial communication library for easy programming in the most popular programming
languages. The serial communication library is useful for developing applications for data
communications, remote access, data acquisition, and industrial control under Windows
NT/2000/XP or Windows 95/98. It is a simpler solution compared to the more complex Windows
Win32 COMM API.
Useful utilities such as diagnostic, monitor, and terminal emulator.
Illustrative sample programs.
PComm Installation
To install PComm, run \Setup.exe from the diskette enclosed in the package. Please note that the
PComm diagnostic and monitor utilities are for MOXA products only; these two utilities will not
work with other manufacturers products.
After PComm is successfully installed, click on Start Program Files PComm Lite to select a
list of utilities and documents.
PComm Programming Library
The serial communication library assists you in developing serial communications programs for any
COM port that complies with Microsoft Win32 API. It facilitates the implementation of multi-process
and multi-thread serial communication programs and hence remarkably reduces development time.
This serial communication library provides a complete function library and sample programs for
Visual C++, Visual Basic, and Delphi. To view detailed function descriptions and sample programs,
click on Start Program PComm Lite PComm Lib Help PComm Porting Notes or
PComm Programming Guide, or refer to the sample programs in the PComm directory.
Utilities
In this section, we give brief descriptions of each utility. For more information about these utilities,
see the on-line help from the software diskette.
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