TCP-Com

TCP-Com is a software based RS232 to TCP/IP converter.

TCP-Com allows any of the RS232 serial ports on your PC to interface directly to a TCP/IP network. For example, you can use TCP-Com to turn a PC into a "Serial Device Server" so that you can connect any RS232 serial device directly to a TCP/IP network and communicate with that device from any other workstation in the same network or across the Internet.

TCP-Com can also help you create �Virtual� RS232 serial ports that are actually connections to a TCP/IP port, this allowing you to use existing Windows based serial communications software to send or receive data across a TCP/IP network. Attach data collection devices - modems, bar code scanners, sensors, gages, meters, RF equipment, telephone PBX systems, laboratory instruments, etc. - to the serial ports of your Windows PC and have that data available anywhere over any TCP/IP based network (ethernet, Internet).

For example, you could connect a serial device (bar code reader, electronic balance or electronic measuring instrument) to a COM port on your PC, run TCP-Com and then connect to the device from any other PC on your network through a TCP/IP socket connection. This would allow you to use TCP-Wedge, Telnet or any other TCP/IP communications software to read or write to the serial device directly from any PC located on the same network.

TCP-Com can also be used to pass serial data across a corporate intranet or over the Internet. See below for a list of typical applications for TCP-Com.

Here are some key features of "TCP Com":

￭ Supports up to 115Kb serial communications. ￭ Supports up to 256 com ports simultaneously. ￭ Supports up to 256 TCP/IP connections as either a client or server. ￭ Supports multiple client connections when configured as a TCP/IP server. ￭ Supports the ability to create Virtual COM ports that are actually TCP/IP port connections. ￭ Supports advanced error recovery features that automatically repair broken TCP/IP connections. ￭ Install TCP-Com as a Windows service. (This feature is not available in Windows 98 or ME).

Limitations:

￭ 30 days trial