Installation guide

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4Real COM Installer
In this chapter, we discuss the basic tasks involved in configuring your NPort,
and discuss the various operation modes that are available.
This chapter includes the following sections:
 Add Server Wizard
 Reassigning COM Numbers
The main purpose of Real COM Installer is to set up your host computer to
communicate with particular NPorts configured for Host Based / Driver Mode.
The Add Server Wizard utility is used to carry out this procedure. You will also
need to use Real COM Installer’s Map Port function to reassign COM port
numbers for your NPorts.
NOTE NPort’s Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP drivers are bundled with
NPort Management Suite.
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pand the number and range of your host computer’s COM ports,
use “Real COM Installer” to assign COM numbers to NPort’s serial
ports. The procedure for doing this is exactly the same for all
Windows platforms.