Serial to Ethernet Connector - Creating "server" connection
Serial to Ethernet Connector performs the same function as a hardware serial device server except it is a software program.
Serial to Ethernet Connector allows you to establish full-fledged client-server connection between two and more local real and virtual serial ports and devices, which are connected to serial ports. So, you are able to get access to any serial port and any serial device over network even if this device is connected to PC, which is located far from your home.
1. To create a connection in SEC, first specify connection name to identify this configuration (by default, SEC will input the closest possible name based on your settings, for instance, COM1 [Server]) in "Create connection" tab.
2. Then select connection type you want to create. In our case it is "Share serial port for incoming connections (server)", then choose local serial port which you want to share. Tick "Create as virtual serial port" option if you would like to use virtual serial ports instead of real ones.
Virtual serial ports are exact copies of real ones and support all their features such as parity control, databits, stop bits, baudrate, flow control, signal lines, etc. The advantage of virtual serial ports technology is that you are not limited to the number of physical serial ports in a system and in this way you can free existing serial ports for other applications.
For instance, you can connect serial device to COM1 port on server side and read all its data from your application connected to COM255 on client's side.
Please, note that serial port may have any name you like, however it must not contain spaces inside. In case you are feeding incoming data to the application directly, you may safely tick this checkbox, providing that application accepts non-standard COM port names (some programs may have COM1/COM2/COM3/COM4 option only).
Serial to Ethernet Connector supports serial COM ports overlapping. It means that virtual serial port can have the same name as existing physical COM port. If overlapped virtual COM port is created, it will be accessed instead of physical one.
Tick "Strict baudrate emulation" checkbox if you want to enable baudrate emulation.
Baudrate emulation permits virtual ports to work with the same speed as real ones. It might be useful when a virtual port is connected to a real port. Baudrate emulation equalizes their speed, thus allowing to avoid data losses.
3. Specify TCP port number which server will listen to. Make sure this port is not blocked by firewall (if any) and is not used by other servers in your system (DNS, SMTP, IIS, etc.) If you are not sure, please, don't modify this value.
4. Finally click "Create connection" button in the Main Window. On successful creation, you may see your connection in Connections tree.
5. Open local serial port. You may use Windows HyperTerminal utility for that purpose. This step is necessary only if you want to verify the successful creation of connection.
6. Create "client" connection at the remote end and make sure that remote host name and port number match the ones you set in server's configuration.
7. Now you are ready to start communication process with default settings. You can also refer to Editing "server" connection section if you are going to edit your connection settings.
Alternatively, you may use Mirror connection option, to automatically configure remote end.
You can consult Setting up connection settings, Signal lines, Proxy and security settings sections to find out more information on configuring all available settings after activating Advanced mode.
Please, refer to Removing connections section, if you would like to find out how to delete connections.
Serial to Ethernet Connector allows you to establish full-fledged client-server connection between two and more local real and virtual serial ports and devices, which are connected to serial ports. So, you are able to get access to any serial port and any serial device over network even if this device is connected to PC, which is located far from your home.
1. To create a connection in SEC, first specify connection name to identify this configuration (by default, SEC will input the closest possible name based on your settings, for instance, COM1 [Server]) in "Create connection" tab.
2. Then select connection type you want to create. In our case it is "Share serial port for incoming connections (server)", then choose local serial port which you want to share. Tick "Create as virtual serial port" option if you would like to use virtual serial ports instead of real ones.
Virtual serial ports are exact copies of real ones and support all their features such as parity control, databits, stop bits, baudrate, flow control, signal lines, etc. The advantage of virtual serial ports technology is that you are not limited to the number of physical serial ports in a system and in this way you can free existing serial ports for other applications.
For instance, you can connect serial device to COM1 port on server side and read all its data from your application connected to COM255 on client's side.
Please, note that serial port may have any name you like, however it must not contain spaces inside. In case you are feeding incoming data to the application directly, you may safely tick this checkbox, providing that application accepts non-standard COM port names (some programs may have COM1/COM2/COM3/COM4 option only).
Serial to Ethernet Connector supports serial COM ports overlapping. It means that virtual serial port can have the same name as existing physical COM port. If overlapped virtual COM port is created, it will be accessed instead of physical one.
Tick "Strict baudrate emulation" checkbox if you want to enable baudrate emulation.
Baudrate emulation permits virtual ports to work with the same speed as real ones. It might be useful when a virtual port is connected to a real port. Baudrate emulation equalizes their speed, thus allowing to avoid data losses.
3. Specify TCP port number which server will listen to. Make sure this port is not blocked by firewall (if any) and is not used by other servers in your system (DNS, SMTP, IIS, etc.) If you are not sure, please, don't modify this value.
4. Finally click "Create connection" button in the Main Window. On successful creation, you may see your connection in Connections tree.
5. Open local serial port. You may use Windows HyperTerminal utility for that purpose. This step is necessary only if you want to verify the successful creation of connection.
6. Create "client" connection at the remote end and make sure that remote host name and port number match the ones you set in server's configuration.
7. Now you are ready to start communication process with default settings. You can also refer to Editing "server" connection section if you are going to edit your connection settings.
Alternatively, you may use Mirror connection option, to automatically configure remote end.
You can consult Setting up connection settings, Signal lines, Proxy and security settings sections to find out more information on configuring all available settings after activating Advanced mode.
Please, refer to Removing connections section, if you would like to find out how to delete connections.