Atop Technology SE5001A User manual - Manual (Page 49)

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SE5001A Serial Device Server
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4 Using Virtual COM
Virtual COM allows remote access of serial devices over TCP/IP networks through Serial/IP Virtual COM ports that
work like local native COM ports. The following figure is a Virtual COM connection diagram. (Figure 4.1)
Figure 4.1 Virtual Com connection diagram
4.1 Setup of a Virtual COM Driver
4.1.1 System Requirements
Windows 7, 2008, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, NT 4.0, 9x, Microsoft NT/2000/2003 Terminal Server, Citrix MetaFrame
Access Suite, native and virtual, 32 and 64-bit versions. Note that upgrading the operating systems to the latest
Service Packs is required, especially for older Windows versions.
To run Virtual COM in Linux, there is a separate package called TTYredirector available for download on Atop
website or in the product CD. The zipped package includes a binary file for installation and a manual for Linux
systems.
4.1.2 Limitation
The Virtual COM driver allows up to 256 Virtual COM ports in a single PC. Selecting in the range from COM1
to COM4096 is allowed. Note that COM ports already occupied by the system or other devices will not be
available.