Serial Port Redirector

Overview

Serial Port Redirector creates virtual serial ports and redirects all serial data to specified TCP-port of remote IP-address. Any serial communications software can use these virtual COM ports, like typical hardware COM ports to send and receive serial data over a local network or the Internet.

Serial Port Redirector can be used to pass serial data across a local network or over the Internet using the Telnet protocol (with the COM Port Control protocol specified by RFC 2217) and the raw TCP connection protocol as well. The COM Port Control protocol (RFC 2217) is used also for accessing any serial device attached to a serial device server.

OEM License Benefits

Serial Port Redirector functionality can be easily integrated into your application. So you can create and configure virtual serial ports from your application directly.

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Target Groups

• Telecom / Network Infrastructure
  Cellular/wireless system control, Router/server console access, Out-of-band management/monitoring, Colocation equipment power control.
• Factory / Industrial Automation
  CNC machines, Factory floor data acquisition, Wafer fabrication tools, Process control, Barcode readers, PLCs.
• Building Automation / Access
  Power monitoring, Lighting, HVAC, Entry control, Alarm control panels, Video transmission, Time clocks.
• Point-of-Sale / Retail
  Barcode readers, Sales terminals.
• Transportation / Utilities
  Remote equipment control, Automated meter reading, CNC machines, Power grid management.

Features

General
Redirects virtual serial port data to a TCP/IP network
Unlimited number of virtual serial ports can be created simultaneously on a single computer
Telnet protocol (RFC-2217) support
Raw data transmission support
Preset serial port control signals for raw data protocol
Fixed COM port settings for virtual COM port
Overlapped virtual COM ports support (virtual serial ports can have the same names as existing physical COM ports)
Broken network connection recovery (auto-reconnect)
Cache data when network connection is broken
Extra strings sending on port opening/closing
Once created virtual serial ports are operable at each system startup
Compatibility
Full hardware serial ports emulation
Full Microsoft serial.sys compatibility
Virtual serial ports configuration via Windows Device Manager
Compatibility with PnP and WMI technologies
Compatibility with Hyper-Threading Technology
Compatibility with VMware
Compatibility with wide variety of TCP/IP-based serial device servers
User Interface
User friendly program interface
Hot virtual serial port creation and removal, without computer reboot
Developer API
Virtual serial ports creation and configuring from your application directly using ActiveX or dynamic link library (OEM license)