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Chapter 4 Setting COM Redirector
4.3 Setting COM Redirector(Virtual COM port)
Advantech COM port mapping software is a serial COM port redirector that creates
virtual COM ports and provides access to serial devices connected to Advantech
serial device servers. Your serial device applications can communicate with serial
devices connected to Advantech serial device servers without software changes.
Since the virtual COM ports work like standard Windows COM ports, your application
software sees no difference between a local serial device and one connected to a
Advantech serial device server.
COM redirector utility and Virtual COM port Management utility are integrated into
one utility with same GUI. Before your establish Virtual COM port pool, you have to
create the EDG Device Favorites group and move your device server into these
groups. Virtual COM port Management utility can create all Virtual COM ports using
“Auto Mapping” function. You can map the Virtual COM port by yourself.
4.3.1 Auto Mapping
Right click the serial device on the Favorite group and select the “Auto Mapping”
function.